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Pediatric Ultrasound
by Edward Y. Lee Harriet J. PaltielThis essential book is a unique, authoritative and clinically oriented text on pediatric ultrasound. It provides up-to-date information addressing all aspects of congenital and acquired disorders in children encountered in clinical practice. The easy-to-navigate text is divided into 20 chapters. Each chapter is organized to cover the latest ultrasound techniques, normal development and anatomy, anatomic variants, key clinical presentations, characteristic ultrasound imaging findings, differential diagnoses and relevant pitfalls. With more than 2400 images, examples of new technological developments such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound and elastography are included. Written by internationally known pediatric radiology experts and editorial team lead by acclaimed authors, Harriet J. Paltiel, MDCM and Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH, this reference is a practical and ideal guide for radiologists, radiology trainees, ultrasound technologists as well as clinicians in other specialties with an interest in pediatric ultrasound.
Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion
by Jennifer Niskala Apps Kevin D. WalterBetween the growing numbers of children and adolescents playing sports and the increased attention to head injuries by the larger sports community and the general public, pediatric concussions are emerging as a major concern. And as practitioners are seeing more young clients with head injuries, questions arise about age-appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and return to activity. Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes offers evidence-based guidelines where few previously existed. This comprehensive volume clearly explains the effects of traumatic injury on the developing brain in sports- and non-sports-related contexts, and establishes a framework for immediate and long-term management, especially the crucial first 24 hours. Chapters provide a basic grounding in its subject with a history of concussion as a medical entity and a review of definitional and classification issues, take the reader through the steps of a neuropsychological evaluation, pinpoint post-injury issues, and offer strategies for the prevention of further or future injury. Pediatric and Adolescent Concussion: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes serves as both educational resource and practical framework for a wide array of professionals, including neuropsychologists, sports medicine physicians, child psychologists and psychiatrists, pediatric and family physicians, athletic trainers, social workers, and educators.
Pedometrics in Brazil (Progress in Soil Science)
by Marcos Bacis Ceddia Waldir de Carvalho Junior Helena Saraiva Koenow Pinheiro Gustavo Souza ValladaresIn a world expected to reach a population of almost 10 billion inhabitants by 2050 and facing rapid global warming, it is essential to develop studies to better characterize and preserve the existing environmental heritage. Among these assets, soil stands out, which is fundamental for the balance of life on the planet (air quality and composition, temperature regulation, carbon and nutrient cycling, water cycling and quality, natural "waste" (decomposition) treatment and recycling, and habitat for most living things and their food). Due its importance, Soil information is increasing recently in order to attend human demands for land use management and capability, reduce erosion risks and soil security, for example. Particularly in Brazil, advances in soil science are now required to attend the new national systematic soil survey that have as a goal soil sustainability and security. Gathering machine learning tools, pedometrics and pedological concepts is a way to achieve these demands regarding soil data and related products. This book summarizes remarkable insights from the II Pedometrics Brazil Conference providing cutting-edge information to researchers, students and professionals working with soils in tropical countries such as Brazil.
Pedro Perfecto y la mansión misteriosa
by Andrea BeatyPedro Perfecto es un arquitecto en su esencia: cuando no está haciendo casas con comida, su cabeza está en las nubes, soñando con el diseño. Así que queda totalmente impresionado cuando la tía Bernice de Ada Twist hereda una vieja casa del magnate de los helados Herbert Sherbert que está llena de innumerables habitaciones de todos sus períodos arquitectónicos favoritos. Pero algo no anda bien. . . Todo el mundo dice que la casa está embrujada, y parece que varias antigüedades con un valor incalculable, que supuestamente ayudarían a la tía Bernice a pagar el mantenimiento de la casa, han desaparecido. Si no pueden encontrar esas antigüedades, la tía Bernice podría perder la casa para siempre. ¡Se necesitarán todos los conocimientos de arquitectura de Pedro y la ayuda de los otros interrogadores, Rosie Revere, Ada Twist y Sofia Valdez, para resolver el misterio y encontrar el tesoro!
Peeking at Peak Oil
by Michael Lardelli Olle Qvennerstedt Kjell AleklettThe term "Peak Oil" was born in January 2001 when Colin Campbell formed the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO). Now, Peak Oil is used thousands of times a day by journalists, politicians, industry leaders, economists, scientists and countless others around the globe. Peak Oil is not the end of oil but it tells us the end is in sight. Anyone interested in food production, economic growth, climate change or global security needs to understand this new reality. In Peeking at Peak Oil Professor Kjell Aleklett, President of ASPO International and head of the world's leading research group on Peak Oil, describes the decade-long journey of Peak Oil from extremist fringe theory to today's accepted fact: Global oil production is entering terminal decline. He explains everything you need to know about Peak Oil and its world-changing consequences from an insider's perspective. In simple steps, Kjell tells us how oil is formed, discovered and produced. He uses science to reveal the errors and deceit of national and international oil authorities, companies and governments too terrified to admit the truth. He describes his personal involvement in the intrigues of the past decade. What happens when a handful of giant oil fields containing two thirds of our planet's oil become depleted? Will major oil consumers such as the EU and US face rationing within a decade? Will oil producing nations conserve their own oil when they realize that no one can export oil to them in the future? Does Peak Oil mean Peak Economic Growth? If you want to know the real story about energy today and what the future has in store, then you need to be "Peeking at Peak Oil".
Peer Instruction in der Mathematik: Didaktische, organisatorische und technische Grundlagen praxisnah erläutert
by Peter RieglerSie möchten Ihre Lehrveranstaltungen aktivierender und wirksamer gestalten? Sie möchten die Verständnisschwierigkeiten Ihrer Studierenden besser erkennen und verstehen? Sie möchten die studentische Beteiligung steigern, zum Nachdenken und Diskutieren anregen? Lernen Sie das Potenzial von Clickerfragen für die akademische Lehre kennen – damit es bei Ihren Studierenden klick macht! In diesem Buch werden die Grundlagen der interaktiv-dialogischen Lehrmethode praxisnah erläutert. Dabei werden auch häufige Fragen zu didaktischen, organisatorischen und technischen Aspekten beantwortet, etwa:Was ist die Grundidee von Peer Instruction?Wie wirksam ist Peer Instruction? Wie überzeuge ich meine Studierenden davon?Welche technischen Voraussetzungen gibt es?Wie stelle ich gute Clickerfragen?Was sollte ich sonst noch beachten?
Peer Review and Design Competition in the NNSA National Security Laboratories
by Committee on Peer Review Design Competition Related to Nuclear WeaponsThe National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is responsible for providing and maintaining the capabilities necessary to sustain a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile for the nation and its allies. Major responsibility for meeting the NNSA missions falls to the three NNSA laboratories: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The NNSA National Security Laboratories contribute to that goal by maintaining the skills and capabilities necessary for stewardship of a reliable nuclear stockpile and also by maintaining a high level of technical credibility, which is a component of the nuclear deterrent. Since 1992 it has been U. S. policy not to conduct explosion tests of nuclear weapons. The resulting technical challenges have been substantial. Whereas a nuclear test was in some sense the ultimate "peer review" of the performance of a particular NEP design, the cessation of nuclear testing necessitated a much greater reliance on both intralab and interlab expert peer review to identify potential problems with weapon designs and define the solution space. This report assesses the quality and effectiveness of peer review of designs, development plans, engineering and scientific activities, and priorities related to both nuclear and non-nuclear aspects of nuclear weapons, as well as incentives for effective peer review. It also explores how the evolving mission of the NNSA laboratories might impact peer review processes at the laboratories that relate to nuclear weapons.
Peer Review für wissenschaftliche Fachjournale: Strukturierung eines informativen Reviews (essentials)
by J. Matthias StarckJ. Matthias Starck führt den Leser in diesem essential durch alle Schritte des Schreibens eines Peer Reviews für eine wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift. Es baut auf einer prägnanten Analyse auf, wie Wissenschaft funktioniert, wie sie kommuniziert und wie sie veröffentlicht wird. Der Autor diskutiert verschiedene Peer-Review-Verfahren und deren mögliche Alternativen, ethische Leitlinien ebenso wie die ,dunklen Seitenʻ des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens. Damit hilft dieses essential dem Leser, im bestehenden System erfolgreich zu arbeiten sowie zu seiner weiteren Entwicklung und Verbesserung beizutragen.
Peer Review in the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Technology: Interim Report
by Committee on the Department of Energy-Office of Science Technology's Peer Review ProgramA report on Peer Review in the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Technology
Pegasus, the Heart of the Harrier: The History & Development of the World's First Operational Vertical Take-off & Landing Jet Engine
by Andrew DowThis volume chronicles the making of the Harrier Jump Jet—the innovative Cold War fighter aircraft designed to operate from virtually anywhere. In 1957, the British engine manufacturer Bristol Siddeley turned aircraft design on its head with the creation of the Pegasus engine. Until then, aircraft designs would seek out suitable engines. Now the Pegasus was an engine in search of a suitable aircraft. The result was the famous Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first military airplane capable of vertical takeoff and landings. To this day, Harrier Jump Jets are still in front-line service with air forces around the world including the Royal Air Force and US Marine Corps. In this volume, former Bristol Siddeley executive Andrew Dow offers an in-depth look at the Pegasus engine's original design concept, production and flight testing. Dow then covers the developments and improvements that have been made over the years. He also includes experiences of operational combat flying, both from land and sea. Written in straightforward prose that avoids technical jargon, Pegasus, The Heart of the Harrier is copiously illustrated with many previously unseen photographs and diagrams.
Peirce and Biosemiotics
by Vinicius Romanini Eliseo FernándezThis volume discusses the importance of Peirce´s philosophy and theory of signs to the development of Biosemiotics, the science that studies the deep interrelation between meaning and life. Peirce considered semeiotic as a general logic part of a complex architectonic philosophy that includes mathematics, phenomenology and a theory of reality. The authors are Peirce scholars, biologists, philosophers and semioticians united by an interdisciplinary endeavor to understand the mysteries of the origin of life and its related phenomena such as consciousness, perception, representation and communication.
Peirce's Cosmology
by Peter T TurleyA critical sketch of Charles Sanders Peirce&’s beliefs on the origin of the universe and its evolutionary development.Charles Sanders Peirce was a nineteenth-century American philosopher and logician known as the father of pragmatism. He devoted much attention to the subject of cosmology, or the origin and development of the universe, but he did not produce substantial work on the subject. In this text, Peter T. Turley collects and analyzes Peirce&’s writings on what he called &“physical metaphysics.&” Peirce&’s Cosmology offers a view of nature that may seem commonplace today, but in his time, it represented a break with traditional theories of philosophy and science. His trailblazing writings and Turley&’s analysis are sure to be of interest to readers of many schools of thought.
Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Multidisciplinary Textbook
by Giulio A. Santoro Andrzej P. Wieczorek Abdul H. SultanThis excellent textbook provides up-to-date information on all aspects of pelvic floor disorders. After an opening section on anatomy and physiology, it explains the methodology, role and application of the integrated imaging approach in detail, including the most advanced 3D, 4D, and dynamic ultrasound techniques, illustrated with hundreds of images. It then discusses in depth the epidemiology, etiology, assessment, and management of the full range of pelvic floor disorders from multidisciplinary and practical perspectives. The book also provides information on the various forms of obstetric perineal trauma, urinary incontinence and voiding dysfunction, anal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, constipation and obstructed defecation, pelvic pain and sexual dysfunction, and fistulas, and includes treatment algorithms as well as helpful guidance on what to do when surgical treatment goes wrong. The authors are leading experts in the field from around the globe. Since the first edition from 2010 (more than 200,000 chapter downloads), the book has been extensively rewritten and features numerous additional topics. The result is a comprehensive textbook that is invaluable for gynecologists, colorectal surgeons, urologists, radiologists, and gastroenterologists, beginners and veterans alike.
Pelvic Ring Fractures
by Axel Gänsslen Jan Lindahl Stephan Grechenig Bernd FüchtmeierThis book provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of pelvic ring fractures and their management. The opening chapters supply essential information on surgical anatomy, biomechanics, classification, clinical evaluation, radiological diagnostics, and emergency and acute management. The various operative techniques, including navigation techniques, that have been established and standardized over the past two decades are then presented in a step-by-step approach. Readers will find guidance on surgical indications, choice of approaches, reduction and fixation strategies, complication management, and optimization of long-term results. Specific treatment concepts are described for age-specific fractures, including pediatric and geriatric injuries, and secondary reconstructions. Pelvic ring fractures represent challenging injuries, especially when they present with concomitant hemodynamic instability. This book will help trauma and orthopaedic surgeons at all levels of experience to achieve the primary treatment aim of anatomic restoration of the bony pelvis to preserve biomechanical stability and avoid malunion with resulting clinical impairments.
Penaid Nonproliferation: Hindering the Spread of Countermeasures Against Ballistic Missile Defenses
by K. Scott Mcmahon Richard H. Speier George NacouziAn attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime.
Pendulum
by Amir D. AczelHe was neither a mathematician nor a trained physicist and yet Léon Foucault always knew that a mysterious force of nature was among us. Like Newton, Galileo, Copernicus, and others before him, Foucault sensed a dramatic relationship between the rotating skies above and the seemingly motionless ground beneath our feet. But it wasn't until 1851 -- in Paris, inside the Panthéon, and in the company of fellow amateur scientist Napoleon III -- that Foucault swung a pendulum and demonstrated an extraordinary truth about the world: that it turns on its axis. Pendulum is a fascinating journey through the mind and findings of one of the most important and lesser-known characters in the history of science. Through careful research and lively anecdotes, world-renowned author Amir D. Aczel reveals the astonishing range and breadth of Foucault's discoveries. For, in addition to offering the first unequivocal proof of Earth's rotation, Foucault gave us the modern electric compass and microscope, was a pioneer in photographic technology, and made remarkable deductions about color theory, heat waves, and the speed of light. At its heart, Pendulum is a story about the illustrious period in France during the Second Empire; the crucial triumph of science over religion; and, most compelling, the life of a struggling, self-made man whose pursuit of knowledge continues to inform our notions about the universe today.
Penguin Celebrations - Science Of Everyday Life
by Jay IngramHave you ever felt a sudden rush of recognition that you've been in a place before? What causes a déjà vu? Why do dogs look like their owners? What's up with insect swarms? What's the science behind showing your tongue? Do you keep drier by walking or running through a rainstorm? In this updated and expanded edition of The Science of Everyday Life, bestselling author Jay Ingram explains these and many more weird and fascinating mysteries.
Penguins (National Geographic Kids Readers)
by Anne SchreiberThey waddled into stardom in National Geographic&’s March of the Penguins film. These guys are now nature&’s ROCK STARS! If you&’re age 5, you&’re probably as tall as an Emperor. But why do they throw up so much? March this way, and find out all!National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide (The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist)
by Gerald L. Kooyman Wayne LynchThe fascinating biology and evolutionary history of these odd, flightless birds.Flightless, iconic birds made even more famous by the 2005 film March of the Penguins, penguins conjure up images of caring parents, devoted couples, and tough survivors. In Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide, Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch inform readers about all seventeen species, including the emperor penguin featured in the film. Do you know why penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere? Or that they can be ferocious predators? Why are penguins black and white? Do they play? This book answers these questions and many more, illuminating the fascinating biology and evolutionary history of these odd birds. Kooyman has studied penguins for decades, and Lynch’s photographs of penguins in the wild are the best ever captured. The result of their combined effort is a book that answers every penguin question you've ever had.Whether you hope to travel to the Southern Hemisphere or simply want to learn more about wildlife, Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide deserves a spot on your bookshelf.
Penny's Pet Peeves
by Amy TaoDinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years. But different dinosaurs had different characteristics. Some weren't even dinosaurs at all.
Penny, el cachorro de las vías del tren: Cuarta entrega de la Serie Perros Rescatados
by Brian L. PorterLa historia de Penny es una conmovedora historia sobre el rescate animal, el cariño entre amos y mascotas y la alegría que desprenden estos seres de cuatro patas en la vida de las familias a las cuales pertenecen.
Penny, la Cucciola della Ferrovia
by Brian L. PorterLa storia di Penny è il quarto libro di Brian L. Porter della serie vincitrice di premi sui cani salvati, e parla di un piccolo terrier, abbandonato in un modo particolarmente crudele, e della sua conseguente adozione e della vita insieme all’autore e alla sua famiglia. Dall’attacco da parte di un altro cane che porta ad un’operazione urgente, ai giorni sulla spiaggia cacciando i gabbiani, alle Case Signorili, la vita di Penny nel branco di cani di Brian non è stata altro che interessante e piena di eventi. Leggi la sua affascinante storia, una gradita aggiunta alla serie della Famiglia dei Cani Salvati.
Penny: A Cadelinha da Ferrovia
by Brian L. PorterA história da Penny é a quarta na série premiada de Brian L Porter sobre cães resgatados e a protagonista é uma pequena terrier, abandonada de uma maneira particularmente cruel, e a sua subsequente adopção e vida com o autor e a sua família. Desde ser atacada e precisar de cirurgia de emergência, a dias passados na costa, perseguindo gaivotas, e a casas senhoriais, a vida da Penny na matilha de cães resgatados do Brian nunca foi menos que interessante e cheias de acontecimentos. Leia a sua encantadora história, uma adição bem-vinda à série da Família de Cães Resgatados.
Penzlin - Lehrbuch der Tierphysiologie
by Horst Bleckmann Jan-Peter Hildebrandt Uwe HombergJan Peter Hildebrandt, Horst Bleckmann und Uwe Homberg haben das Standardlehrbuch der Tierphysiologie von Heinz Penzlin komplett überarbeitet und modernisiert. Den Studierenden bietet es nun den aktuellen State of the Art der vergleichenden Tierphysiologie. Diese integrative Wissenschaftsdisziplin ist wichtig für all jene, die sich in den Bachelor-Vertiefungsphasen oder in Master-Studiengängen der Biowissenschaften mit Fragen der funktionellen Anatomie, der vegetativen Physiologie, der Neurobiologie, der Stoffwechselphysiologie, der Sinnes- und der Muskelphysiologie mit ökologischen, systemisch-vergleichenden oder molekularen Ansätzen beschäftigen.Die neue Auflage nutzt didaktische Elemente, erklärt in Fußnoten Herkunft und Bedeutung von Fachbegriffen, enthält ein Glossar und bietet elektronische Zusatzmaterialien.