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The Frequency-Following Response
by Nina Kraus Samira Anderson Travis White-Schwoch Richard R. Fay Arthur N. PopperThis volume will cover a variety of topics, including child language development; hearing loss; listening in noise; statistical learning; poverty; auditory processing disorder; cochlear neuropathy; attention; and aging. It will appeal broadly to auditory scientists--and in fact, any scientist interested in the biology of human communication and learning. The range of the book highlights the interdisciplinary series of questions that are pursued using the auditory frequency-following response and will accordingly attract a wide and diverse readership, while remaining a lasting resource for the field.
Frequently Asked Questions about Sleep and Sleep Deprivation
by Judy Monroe PetersonThe book describes the importance of sleep and its effects on the body, including common sleeping disorders, why some people do not get enough sleep, and medical aids for sleeping.
Fresh Medicine: How to Fix, Reform, and Build a Sustainable Health Care System (Books That Changed the World)
by Phil BredesenAn authoritative, engaging, and nonpartisan look at what is wrong with American health care and how we can fix it—“told with skill and grace” (Jon Meacham, author of American Lion).Former Governor of Tennessee and CEO of HealthAmerica Corporation, Phil Bredesen “knows the American health care system inside and out. He knows both the theory and, more importantly, how things really work.” In Fresh Medicine, he analyses the current state of American Health Care, beginning with a clear-eyed critique of the Affordable Care Act (Bill Frist, M.D., former Senate majority leader).According to Bresden, the Obama Administration ushered million more people into a broken system while doing little to address the underlying problems. Looking back over the past century, Bresden explains how that system developed from local doctors making house calls to today’s sprawling insurance model. What began as an insurance system to cover hospitalization has expanded to cover drugs, doctor visits, and the treatment of chronic disease. American health care, Bredesen asserts, needs to be reset on a new foundation. In Fresh Medicine, he harnesses thirty years of experience to offer a new solution.
Fresh Water Pollution Dynamics and Remediation
by Humaira Qadri Rouf Ahmad Bhat Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood Gowhar Hamid DarFreshwater is a finite resource and is being deteriorated directly and indirectly by anthropogenic pressures. Preserving the quality and availability of freshwater resources is becoming one of the most pressing environmental challenges on the international horizon. To ensure the preservation as well as availability of freshwater resources, there is a need to understand the ecology of the freshwater systems, pollution problems, their impacts, restoration techniques to be opted and the conservation measures. In this backdrop the present book on ‘Freshwater Pollution Dynamics and Remediation’ has been compiled. The book provides an understanding about the present state of art, pollution impacts including the changes in the environmental quality as well as the shift in the aquatic biological communities of the fragile freshwater ecosystems. Besides, the impact of deteriorating quality of the freshwater ecosystems on the animal and human health is also discussed in detail. This book provides a comprehensive account of the techniques based on updated research in biotechnology, bio-remediation, phyto-remediation and nano-bioremediation. The role of biosorpers and biofilms as a remediation tool has also been detailed. The book is a ready reference for researchers, scientists and educators who are involved in the freshwater pollution, remediation and management studies. The book editors with an expertise in diverse research fields in freshwater ecosystems have congregated the most inclusive research accounts on the freshwater pollution and remediation and thus developed a repository of diverse knowledge on the subject
Freud: Psychoanalysis, dreams, the unconscious and more (Teach Yourself Philosophy Ser.)
by Ruth SnowdenReading the complete works of Sigmund Freud would take more time than most of us have to spare. Freud - the Key Ideas condenses all the information you need about the life and work of the great man into one book. With clear explanations and examples drawn from Freud's own cases you will soon have a solid understanding of the main concepts, from psychosexual development to dream analysis.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of Freud.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Freud: Psychoanalysis, dreams, the unconscious and more (TY Philosophy)
by Ruth SnowdenReading the complete works of Sigmund Freud would take more time than most of us have to spare. Freud - the Key Ideas condenses all the information you need about the life and work of the great man into one book. With clear explanations and examples drawn from Freud's own cases you will soon have a solid understanding of the main concepts, from psychosexual development to dream analysis.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of Freud.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Freud: Psychoanalysis, dreams, the unconscious and more
by Ruth SnowdenReading the complete works of Sigmund Freud would take more time than most of us have to spare. Freud - the Key Ideas condenses all the information you need about the life and work of the great man into one book. With clear explanations and examples drawn from Freud's own cases you will soon have a solid understanding of the main concepts, from psychosexual development to dream analysis.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of Freud.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Freud heute: Ein Überblick Für Psychologische Und Ärztliche Psychotherapeuten (essentials)
by Timo StorckTimo Storck prüft in diesem essential die zeitgenössische Relevanz psychoanalytischen Denkens und berührt dabei das psychoanalytische Menschenbild anhand der wichtigsten Konzepte, den Charakter der Psychoanalyse als Behandlungsverfahren sowie den Transfer psychoanalytischer Methodik auf außerklinische Bereiche, insbesondere Kunst und Kultur. Ein wichtiges Anliegen ist ihm dabei eine kritische Darstellung der Psychoanalyse „mit Freud über Freud hinaus“, sodass sich die folgende Frage stellt: Was am Freud’schen Denken behält Bestand und bewährt sich für einen Verstehenszugang des Menschen heute? Die Freud’sche Psychoanalyse gehört zu den meistdiskutierten Aspekten der mitteleuropäischen Kulturgeschichte der vergangenen rund 120 Jahre.
Freud: Psychoanalysis, dreams, the unconscious and more (TY Philosophy)
by Ruth SnowdenReading the complete works of Sigmund Freud would take more time than most of us have to spare. Freud - the Key Ideas condenses all the information you need about the life and work of the great man into one book. With clear explanations and examples drawn from Freud's own cases you will soon have a solid understanding of the main concepts, from psychosexual development to dream analysis.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of Freud.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Freud the Man: An Intellectual Biography
by Lydia FlemThe world knows Freud as a thinker--one of the founding giants of modern culture. Now Lydia Flem paints a unique and unforgettable portrait of Frued the man: a father, husband, and friend, a secular Jew with passion for classical antiquity and European culture, torn between his need to be fully accepted in an anitsemitic society while remaining fatihful to his orgins.Flem enters into the depths of Freud's creativity, showing how his thinking is connected to his immersion in the arts, the history of religions, and mythology. The intimate details of his daily life, his relationships with women, his poetic gifts, his travels, his dreams, his letters to family, friends, and colleagues: all reveal his vision of the unconscious. We accompany Freud on his walks through Vienna and Rome; look over his shoulder as he writes to his fiancee; learn the significance of the Greek, Roman, and Egyptian figurines that stand before him on his desk as he conceives his groundbreaking ideas; and discover the books, read in childhood, that later shape his self-analysis and his theoretical development.Flem draws on an unusually broad range of sources, but she wears her learning lightly: her biography of Freud reads like a novel, full of vivid details and captivating human interest. From the 6-year-old gleefully tearing up a book illustrated with pictures of Persia; to the young doctor balancing his scientific training with his love of Shakespeare; to the psychoanalyst in his prime, conquering the resistance to his theories; to the old man, ravaged by illness, forced to flee into exile in England, Lydia Flem leads us deep into the life of a genius.
Freundlich, aber bestimmt – Die richtigen Worte finden in Gesundheitsberufen (Top im Gesundheitsjob)
by Alexander SeidlDieses Buch richtet sich an Pflegenden und Gesundheitsberufe und zeigt, wie man schwierigen Gesprächssituationen im Alltag souverän meistert. Gesundheitsberufe sind oft schwierigen Situationen ausgesetzt und müssen sich einiges von Angehörigen, Patienten, Bewohnern aber auch Kollegen anhören. Um nicht sprachlos alles über sich ergehen zu lassen und wie es gelingt, „hitzige“ Situationen abzukühlen, erläutert das Pocketbuch. Einfache, aber wirkungsvolle Strategien werden vorgestellt, diese Gesprächssituationen souverän zu meistern und mit aufgebrachten, verärgerten Menschen umzugehen. Es werden verbale, nonverbale und paraverbale Strategien vorgestellt und durch konkrete Fallbeispiele vertieft. Mit kurzen Übungen kann das eigene Reaktionsverhalten trainiert werden.Sich abzugrenzen und Nein zu sagen, sind ebenfalls wichtige Fähigkeiten, um mit Freude seinen Beruf auszuüben. Besonders in Situationen, die einen emotional berühren, fällt das schwer und es werden oft die klassischen Stressreaktionen aktiv. Auch dafür gibt der Autor Hinweise, wie professionelle Distanz gelingt und der Ärger vom Arbeitstag nicht mit nach Hause auf das Sofa genommen wird.Ob Patient, Angehöriger oder Teamkollege – die Tipps sind auf viele Gesprächssituationen übertragbar. Mit vielen Praxisbeispielen und Anregungen für den Arbeitsalltag. Für alle Angehörigen der Gesundheitsberufe – damit es einem auch in schwierigen Situationen weder die Sprache verschlägt, noch einem der Kragen platzt.
Friction Ridge Analysis: Applications of Nanoparticles for Latent Fingerprint Development (Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials)
by Kumud Kant Awasthi Mahipal Singh Sankhla Sally Lukose Kapil PariharThe book presents emerging techniques for the development of latent fingerprint on various surfaces using nanotechnology. It explores the use of nanoparticles for the development of fingerprints. Various topics covered in this book include chemistry of nanomaterials for finger printing, quantum dots in fingerprinting, florescent nanoparticles in fingerprinting, nanocomposite and hybrid materials for fingerprints, carbon-based nanomaterial, silver and gold nanoparticles development of fingerprint, zinc oxide nanoparticles, silica nanoparticles for development of fingerprints, etc. Given the contents, the book will be highly useful for the students, researchers and professionals working in the areas of forensic science and nanotechnology.
Friday Forever: Memoirs of Madness (Radcliffe Ser.)
by Susan Bradley-Smith Andy CartyPostnatal depression, a recognised and sometimes severe disorder, is estimated to affect approximately 10-15% of new mothers. While both antidepressants and lifestyle changes can reduce the severity of symptoms, many sufferers find themselves too busy or inexperienced to seek timely help, while still others struggle to find long-term, effective treatment. With astonishing honesty and wry humour this memoir documents one woman's horrific experience of postnatal depression and the therapeutic process that followed. More than simply an account of illness and recovery, this book also asks important questions about the patient/practitioner relationship, and examines how love and marriage can survive parenting seriously ill children. Candid and informative, this memoir is essential reading for clinicians, general practitioners, mental health professionals, nurses and midwives. It is also highly recommended for anyone affected by postnatal depression - patients and carers alike. Forever Friday is a gift for anyone who has struggled with the illness caused by depression, anyone who has wanted to help a family member or friend, any health professional who wants to have a better understanding of the patient's experience of illness and anyone who simply wants to know more about what it means to be human. - from the foreword by Jill Gordon 'What happened might have destroyed Susan's career and rendered her seriously dysfunctional. For a time, that is exactly what occurred. But Susan did what Dante did, what intellectuals and artists have always done: she observed the dark places with an acute and unsparing eye, she analyzed, she wrote her way out.' from the foreward by Janette Turner Hospital
Friday's Child: The Heartbreaking Story of a Mother's Love and a Family's Loss
by Ben PalmerIn 2004, Jessica Palmer died suddenly of septicaemia, just six days after giving birth to her second child. Distraught, her husband Ben struggled to comprehend his loss and to care for their two young children. It later came to light that Jessica's condition can usually be easily detected and prevented but in this case nothing was done until it was too late. Ben and his family successfully sued the NHS for negligence in 2007.This is Ben's heartbreaking story of dealing with his grief while raising two small children as a single parent. As he tries to accept the idea of life without his beloved wife, he battles shock, grief, despair and guilt, before finally finding hope in the future, thanks to the love and support of his friends and family. It is a devastating story of living with a cruel and needless loss.
Friedman's Fables
by Edwin H. FriedmanDr. Friedman has woven 24 illustrative tales that offer fresh perspectives on familiar human foibles and reflect the author's humor, pathos, and understanding. Friedman takes on resistance and other "demons" to show that neither insight, nor encouragement, nor intimidation can in themselves motivate an unmotivated person to change. These tales playfully demonstrate that new ideas, new questions, and imagination, more than accepted wisdom, provide each of us with the keys to overcoming stubborn emotional barriers and facilitating real change both in ourselves and others. Thought-provoking discussion questions for each fable are included.
Friedman's Fables (with Booklet)
by Edwin H. FriedmanDr. Friedman has woven 24 illustrative tales that offer fresh perspectives on familiar human foibles and reflect the author's humor, pathos, and understanding. Friedman takes on resistance and other "demons" to show that neither insight, nor encouragement, nor intimidation can in themselves motivate an unmotivated person to change. These provocative tales playfully demonstrate that new ideas, new questions, and imagination, more than accepted wisdom, provide each of us with the keys to overcoming stubborn emotional barriers and facilitating real change both in ourselves and others. Sure to intrigue and inform, this book belongs in the resource library of public speakers, teachers, trainers, and clergy, as well as general readers.
Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner (Klassische Texte der Wissenschaft)
by Christoph FriedrichOriginaltext mit ausführlichem Kommentar von Christoph FriedrichDie zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Arzneipflanzen isolierten Alkaloide waren hochwirksame Stoffe und zugleich Modelle für die Entwicklung synthetischer Arzneistoffe. Morphin, 1804/05 von Friedrich Wilhelm Sertürner (1783–1841) als erstes Alkaloid entdeckt, ist ein starkes Schmerzmittel (Analgetikum). Seine Entdeckungsgeschichte kann anhand der hier abgedruckten und erläuterten Veröffentlichungen Sertürners minutiös nachverfolgt werden. Morphin zeigte als Wirkstoff des Opiums (principium somniferum) eine schlafbringende Wirkung) und Sertürner stellte fest, dass es sich bei diesem Stoff um eine Pflanzenbase (Alkaloid) handelt. Heroische Selbstversuche zeigten, dass bereits mit geringsten Mengen eine große Wirkung erzeugt werden kann. Das Buch schildert Leben und Werk Sertürners. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Apotheker des 18./19. Jahrhunderts, der mit seiner Morphin-Entdeckung ein neues Forschungsgebiet begründete und den Weg in die moderne Arzneimittelforschung wies.
Friends At Homeland Security: McGee Meets Federal Resistance
by Douglass CarlFriends at Homeland Security is the first in the six novella McGee series by Carl Douglass. McGee is a pre-eminent private investigator whose clients include the rich, famous, infamous, the important, and the unfortunate. Decklin Marcus, scion of the very wealthy investment banker, Howard Everhart Marcus, and mother Anne--residents of exclusive Gramercy Park, New York--is found dead in his rather seedy apartment; and no one seems to know how, why, or perhaps by whom. The investigation comes to involve all of McGee's considerable resources, NYPD detectives, senior CIA agents, DNI scientists, hostile Homeland Security agents, national and international databases, a Byelorussian hit man, and eventually the Russian mafia. There is something unusual about Decklin's corpse, something not copacetic at the bank, something suspicious about the parents, and something weird about Homeland Security's involvement in the whole thing. It is McGee's job to unravel the mystery, brave the tigers in their dens, to mollify all of the agencies, to protect his clients and his associates, and finally to achieve a denouement--a stunning surprise. He does it all with style and consummate intelligence.
Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence
by Michelle Schmidt Catherine BagwellHighly readable and comprehensive, this volume explores the significance of friendship for social, emotional, and cognitive development from early childhood through adolescence. The authors trace how friendships change as children age and what specific functions these relationships play in promoting adjustment and well-being. Compelling topics include the effects of individual differences on friendship quality, how friendship quality can be assessed, and ways in which certain friendships may promote negative outcomes. Examining what clinicians, educators, and parents can do to help children who struggle with making friends, the book reviews available interventions and identifies important directions for future work in the field.
Friis' Epidemiology 101
by Scott QuinlanIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the MPox epidemic, recent outbreaks of Ebola, and a growing focus on the role of social determinants in health disparities, and more, there is increasing motivation and need to learn about epidemiology. Friis’ Epidemiology 101, Third Edition is a clear and accessible resource designed to provide students with a solid foundation in basic epidemiologic concepts while also demonstrating how these concepts can be applied to problems in everyday life. In keeping with the prior editions, this non-technical text is written for students with little or no background in health and biostatistics, and offers numerous case studies, text boxes, vignettes, exhibits, photographs, figures, and illustrations to engage readers.
The Frith Prescribing Guidelines for People with Intellectual Disability
by David Branford Sabyasachi Bhaumik Mary Barrett Satheesh Kumar GangadharanThe Frith Prescribing Guidelines for People with Intellectual Disability provides comprehensive guidance on prescribing for patients with intellectual disability as well as general information on the clinical care of this important population. The guidelines have been conceived and developed by clinicians working in intellectual disability services. They are based on both the latest evidence and expert opinion to provide a consensus approach to prescribing as part of a holistic package of care, and include numerous case examples and scenarios. New to this third edition is improved coverage of children and the role of primary care teams. The Frith Prescribing Guidelines for People with Intellectual Disability remains a practical guide for busy clinicians and a valuable reference for all primary and secondary health care professionals caring for people with intellectual disability.
From AIDS to Population Health: How an American University and a Kenyan Medical School Transformed Healthcare in East Africa
by James D. KellyFrom AIDS to Population Health explores the thirty-year history of a unique collaboration between the medical schools of Indiana University and Moi University in Kenya, as it progressed from combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in East Africa to the building of a national plan to provide universal healthcare to all. The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program focuses on the medical education of healthcare professionals who are building communities that can take care of themselves.The overwhelming success of the AMPATH program and its continuing vibrant legacy today are showcased through dozens of striking photographs, telling interviews, and revealing anecdotes and encounters. It focuses on four of the most innovative projects among the fifty that AMPATH oversees: a microfinance officer who organizes villagers, an oncology nurse who runs outreach clinics, a farm extension agent working in partnership with a multinational agriculture corporation to improve farm output, and a special healthcare clinic exclusively for adolescents.Over its thirty-year history, AMPATH has served more than a million clients and trained 2,600 medical professionals and community health workers, always guided by its motto "Leading with Care." From AIDS to Population Health presents their compelling stories and explores the program's continuing legacy for the first time.
From an Association to a Royal College
by Alan Craft Keith DoddThis book describes the history of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) covering the period from 1988 to 2014, which includes the transition from the British Paediatric Association (BPA) to the formation of the now established RCPCH. The book contains a collection of viewpoints from paediatricians who held officer posts with the association and College through this time. The authors offer insights and reflections to help the reader understand where the College is at the moment on a variety of core paediatric issues, and significantly where it has come from. The formation of the RCPCH from the BPA was very controversial, with some members resigning from the RCP. Since then, the College has come a long way and is now recognised as the definitive body to speak for children's health in the UK and has forged relationships with many overseas countries. It has produced influential documents, and lobbied for advances in the practice of paediatrics. It has reported on standards for how children should be cared for in emergency and urgent care settings, launched policy to improve how children are looked after in the secure estate, and produced teaching and training materials for child protection among many other contributions to child health. Finally, it will be of interest to other Colleges and professional bodies as well as to Members and Fellows of the College.
From Apes to Cyborgs: New Perspectives on Human Evolution (Springer Praxis Books)
by Claudio Tuniz Patrizia Tiberi VipraioThis book offers fascinating insights into the lives of our ancestors and investigates the dynamic processes that led to the establishment of complex human societies. It provides a holistic view of human history and social evolution by drawing on the latest evidence from a wide range of disciplines and proposes new hypotheses on the origins of human behaviour. After exploration of the encounters of Homo sapiens with other human species, diverse aspects of life in emerging societies are examined, including clothing, work, leisure, learning, diet, disease, and the role of women. Attention is drawn to the key role of self-domestication – the process of reducing natural aggression and increasing playfulness – in enabling survival. Another focus is Homo oeconomicus. The significance of symbolic thought for the emergence of surpluses in goods and services is highlighted, with analysis of how this led to private accumulation of wealth and development of the first hierarchical societies. Finally, the discussion turns to humans of the future and the potential risks posed by artificial intelligence. The aim is to unveil the deep roots of our social behaviour and how it is going to intertwine with the development of digital technologies and social networks.
From Aspirin to Viagra: Stories of the Drugs that Changed the World (Springer Praxis Books)
by Vladimir MarkoFrom Aspirin to Viagra, insulin to penicillin, and vaccines to vitamin supplements, drugs have become part of our everyday lives. This staggering global industry wasn’t born overnight; advancements in pharmaceutical science have been happening for a long while, over the course of decades and even centuries.This book tells the history of ten prominent substances and how they came to be common household names. It shows how the creation of such influential drugs often began with the right person at the exactly right—or wrong!— time. The chapters tell the stories of geniuses and charlatans; scholars and amateurs; advances won through hard work or pure luck; and ultimately, the handful of resounding successes that revolutionized a global industry.Beyond the pioneers of the most famous drugs in our culture, the book analyzes how our perspective on medical treatment has shifted over the decades. Modern standards for testing and administering substances have created a new set of advantages, setbacks, and stigmas, all of which are discussed herein.