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Ankylosing Spondylitis: Diagnosis and Management
by Barend J. Van Royen Ben A. C. DijkmansThe first and only interdisciplinary guide dedicated to the subject, this reference leads readers through the pathogenic, genetic, clinical, and biomechanical aspects of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and addresses issues related to outcomes assessment, medical treatment, surgical complications, disease management, and genetics.
Ankylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella
by Alan EbringerAnkylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella is a comprehensive and informative text on the cause of Ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a condition which affects 20 million people worldwide and is likely caused or initiated by a bowel infection from Klebsiella bacteria. When a patient is infected by Klebsiella bacteria, his or her immune system will make antibodies against all the antigens or molecules found in the microbe. Because some of the bacterial antigens resemble self tissues, the anti-bacterial antibodies will attack not only the bacteria but also the self tissues such as the joints and the cells having the same HLA molecules, which is how the disease AS starts. This is the concept of molecular similarity or "molecular mimicry" which previously has been found to work in two other autoimmune diseases; rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis. The first paper on this subject was published in 1976 and since then over 100 papers on rheumatological topics have been published, from Prof Ebringer's group, at the Division of Life Sciences, King's College in London, UK. The relevant information from these papers is extracted and presented in this book format making it accessible to health professionals, research institutions, pharmaceutical companies and universities and the general public.
Ankylosing Spondylitis - Axial Spondyloarthritis: Cellular, Molecular and Environmental Factors
by Mohammad Hossein NicknamAnkylosing Spondylitis is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects about 1-3% of the world population. This debilitating disease affecting primarily young males exerts considerable socio-economic consequences. The exact pathogenesis of AS has not yet been fully understood; therefore, novel, detailed information sources are required. This book offers cutting-edge knowledge about the molecular basic and immunological mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of Ankylosing Spondylitis. It is one of the scarce scientific resources discussing the environmental factors triggering the disease, along with the clinical manifestations, diagnostic methods, and treatments. This book covers the most recent and reliable researches and developments about spondyloarthropathies in order to provide elaborated, integrated guidance on the molecular mechanisms of Spondyloarthropathies. It will prove helpful for rheumatologists, immunologists, biologists, geneticists, and medical science students who wish to learn more about SpAs.
Anlagenbilanzierung in der Energietechnik: Grundlagen, Gleichungen und Modelle für die Ingenieurpraxis
by Stefan RönschDieses Lehrbuch beschreibt ausführlich das Vorgehen und die Methodik von Anlagenbilanzierungen in der Energietechnik. Studenten und Ingenieuren wird damit ein umfangreiches Rüstzeug zur Planung und Optimierung der Anlagen an die Hand gegeben. Neben Grundgleichungen, Modellierungsansätzen und numerischen Methoden wird die stoffliche und energetische Bilanzierung anhand einer Vielzahl von Beispielrechnungen ausgeführt. Das Buch spannt dabei einen Bogen von der Funktionsweise der Komponenten über die Grundlagen der Thermodynamik, Reaktionsrechnung, Phasengleichgewichtsrechnung und Stoffwertberechnung bis hin zur computergestützten Umsetzung. Beachtung finden alle relevanten Anlagenkomponenten der Energietechnik wie Brennkammern, Turbinen, Kompressoren, Wärmetauscher, Gleichgewichtsstufen und Synthesereaktoren.
Anleihen von Fußballunternehmen in Deutschland: Finanzierung im Spannungsfeld von emotionaler Bindung und Rendite (essentials)
by Peter Thilo HaslerUm ihre angestrebten, betragsmäßig häufig erheblichen Investitionsziele realisieren zu können, greifen Fußballunternehmen immer häufiger auf Fan- oder Mittelstandsanleihen zurück. Meist führt die emotionale Bindung eines Fans zu seinem Verein dazu, dass die aus der Anleihe erwarteten Renditeziele nicht das Ergebnis rationaler Überlegungen sind, sondern dass vielmehr die Anschaffung solcher Anleihen auf den intrinsischen Motiven der Anhänger basiert und einer Anleihe eine ähnliche Wertschätzung zuteilwird wie etwa Merchandising-Produkten. Die aus Fan-Motiven geleitete Anlageentscheidung hat damit unmittelbar Einfluss auf die zukünftige Vermögenssituation des Gläubigers. Der Autor gibt einen Überblick über die in Deutschland begebenen Fußballanleihen und beschreibt unter anderem die Hintergründe, die technische Abwicklung und die Vermarktung von Fußballanleihen.
Anleihen von Fußballunternehmen in Deutschland: Finanzierung im Spannungsfeld von emotionaler Bindung und Rendite (essentials)
by Peter Thilo HaslerUm ihre angestrebten, betragsmäßig häufig erheblichen Investitionsziele realisieren zu können, greifen Fußballunternehmen immer häufiger auf Fan- oder Mittelstandsanleihen zurück. Meist führt die emotionale Bindung eines Fans zu seinem Verein dazu, dass die aus der Anleihe erwarteten Renditeziele nicht das Ergebnis rationaler Überlegungen sind, sondern dass vielmehr die Anschaffung solcher Anleihen auf den intrinsischen Motiven der Anhänger basiert und einer Anleihe eine ähnliche Wertschätzung zuteilwird wie etwa Merchandising-Produkten. Die aus Fan-Motiven geleitete Anlageentscheidung hat damit unmittelbar Einfluss auf die zukünftige Vermögenssituation des Gläubigers. Der Autor gibt einen Überblick über die in Deutschland begebenen Fußballanleihen und beschreibt unter anderem die Hintergründe, die technische Abwicklung und die Vermarktung von Fußballanleihen.
Anleitung zum Erfolg (essentials)
by Martin FiedlerUniverselle Gesetzmäßigkeiten für Lebenserfolg kanalisieren und bündeln sich strukturiert in einer Anleitung zum Erfolg und werden auf bestechend einfache Weise innerhalb einer leicht verständlichen Geschichte dem Leser nähergebracht. Dieser inspirierende Leitfaden holt die Essenz der komplexen Themen Erfolg, Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Wertorientierung, Sinnfindung, Glück und soziale Kompetenz aus der Theorie in die tägliche persönliche Praxis. Bestechend einfach und unglaublich plausibel vermittelt die bewusst schlicht gehaltene Erzählung psychologische Einsichten und entlarvt hinderliche mentale Muster. Wie selbstverständlich wird dem Leser deutlich, worauf es in Beruf und Alltag eigentlich ankommt, um nicht nur äußerlich erfolgreich, sondern auch im Einklang mit sich selbst zu leben und zu handeln. Die vorliegende Auflage wurde verändert und ergänzt durch das Kapitel „Quintessenz“, um dem Leser in einer Fortführung der Geschichte die Anleitung zum Erfolg noch plausibler werden zu lassen.
A³N²M: Proceedings of the 50th John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures (The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications #165)
by Tadele Mengesha Abner J. SalgadoThis volume collects papers based on plenary and invited talks given at the 50th Barrett Memorial Lectures on Approximation, Applications, and Analysis of Nonlocal, Nonlinear Models that was organized by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and held virtually in May 2021. The three-day meeting brought together experts from the computational, scientific, engineering, and mathematical communities who work with nonlocal models. These proceedings collect contributions and give a survey of the state of the art in computational practices, mathematical analysis, applications of nonlocal models, and explorations of new application domains. The volume benefits from the mixture of contributions by computational scientists, mathematicians, and application specialists. The content is suitable for graduate students as well as specialists working with nonlocal models and covers topics on fractional PDEs, regularity theory for kinetic equations, approximation theory for fractional diffusion, analysis of nonlocal diffusion model as a bridge between local and fractional PDEs, and more.
Ann Arbor Beer: A Hoppy History of Tree Town Brewing (American Palate)
by David BardallisAnn Arbor has always been a beer-loving town. From the establishment of the first commercial brewery in 1838 through a century of German immigration down to today's local craft brew boom, the amber liquid looms large in Tree Town's quirky past and present. Find out how beer helped a former University of Michigan professor win a Nobel Prize. Discover the Ann Arbor doctor whose nationally bestselling home remedy book featured ale recipes. Learn which Michigan football legend pounded brewskis as part of his training regimen. Covering the exploits of famous poets, performers and prohibitionists, local author David Bardallis pops the cap off the big beer history of this little college town and leads readers to "the best beer you can drink" in Ann Arbor today.
Ann Arbor in the 19th Century: A Photographic History
by Grace ShackmanAnn Arbor has never been a typical college town, typical industrial town, or typical agricultural center. The city was founded in 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey. Settlers from the Eastern U.S. of British origin were soon followed by Germans, who brought with them many practical skills. With the opening of the University of Michigan campus in 1841, still more people came from across the country to teach and learn. Ann Arbor in the 19th Century: A Photographic History, details the growth of the city, when residents built houses and businesses, organized a government, and established churches, schools, a university, and newspapers, in over 190 photographs. Early residents would recognize the photograph of Okemos, nephew of Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa, who made regular visits to Ann Arbor, before the Native Americans were banished to Kansas by the federal government. Another fascinating photo shows Henry Otto's Band, whose family was responsible for much of the music at official events. However, much of 19th century Ann Arbor would still be recognizable to today's residents.
Ann Arbor Observed: Selections from Then and Now
by Grace ShackmanTwenty-five years ago Grace Shackman began to document the history of Ann Arbor’s buildings, events, and people in theAnn Arbor Observer. Soon Shackman’s articles, which depicted every aspect of life in Ann Arbor during the city’s earlier eras, became much-anticipated regular stories. Readers turned to her illuminating minihistories when they wanted to know about a particular landmark, structure, personality, organization, or business from Ann Arbor’s past. Packed with photographs from Ann Arbor of yesteryear and the present day,Ann Arbor Observedcompiles the best of Shackman’s articles in one book divided into eight sections: public buildings and institutions, the University of Michigan, transportation, industry, downtown Ann Arbor, recreation and culture, social fabric and communities, and architecture. For long-time residents, Ann Arbor expatriates, University of Michigan alumni, and visitors alike,Ann Arbor Observedprovides a rare glimpse of the bygone days of a town with a rich and varied history. Grace Shackman is a history columnist for theAnn Arbor Observer,theCommunity Observer,and theOld West Side News,as well as a writer for University of Michigan publications. She is the author of two previous books:Ann Arbor in the 19th CenturyandAnn Arbor in the 20th Century.
Ann Bartlett Returns to the Philippines
by Martha JohnsonAnn Bartlett Returns to the Philippines, first published in 1945, is an exciting historical-fiction novel centering on Navy nurse Ann Bartlett and her friend and fellow nurse Evelyn Baldwin; location: the occupied Philippines during World War II. The pair travel from the U.S. to the Philippines and serve as nurses aboard a ship. Upon reaching the Philippines, their adventures begin as Ann boards a lifeboat searching for survivors of a nearby ship that has gone down following a Japanese attack; foggy weather separates the lifeboat from the ship, and when the weather clears, a Japanese airplane machine-guns the boat, forcing the passengers into the water. The story continues with the survivors reaching an island shore, narrow escapes from the Japanese, and a romance. Five ‘Ann Bartlett’ books were published by author Martha Johnson between 1941-1946.
Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Screen Classics)
by Christina RicePossessing a unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911--1979) found success in Hollywood at a time when many actors were still struggling to adapt to the era of talkies. Seemingly destined for A-list fame, critics touted her as "Hollywood's New Cinderella" after film mogul Howard Hughes cast her as Cesca in the gangster film Scarface (1932). Dvorak's journey to superstardom was derailed when she walked out on her contractual obligations to Warner Bros. for an extended honeymoon. Later, she initiated a legal dispute over her contract, an action that was unprecedented at a time when studios exercised complete control over actors' careers.As the first full-length biography of an often-overlooked actress, Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel explores the life and career of one of the first individuals who dared to challenge the studio system that ruled Tinseltown. The actress reached her pinnacle during the early 1930s, when the film industry was relatively uncensored and free to produce movies with more daring storylines. She played several female leads in films including The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932), Three on a Match (1932), and Heat Lightning (1934), but after her walk-out, Warner Bros retaliated by casting her in less significant roles.Following the casting conflicts and illness, Dvorak filed a lawsuit against the Warner Bros. studio, setting a precedent for other stars who eventually rebelled against the established Hollywood system. In this insightful memoir, Christina Rice explores the spirited rebellion of a talented actress whose promising career fell victim to the studio empire.
Ann Hannah, My (Un)Remarkable Grandmother: A Psychological Biography
by Betty MclellanAnn Hannah was an ordinary, no-nonsense, practical woman. While a constant and caring presence in the life of her granddaughter Betty McLellan, she remained emotionally distant.In an effort to understand her grandmother, Betty has used Ann Hannah's everyday expressions as a starting point to uncover the truth about her life. These words and phrases, heard countless times during Betty's childhood, are the clues to a life that, like those of many working-class women in the early 1900s, was fraught with challenges and difficulties and ignored by historians.What did Ann Hannah mean when she said that she was forced to migrate to Australia from England in the 1920s? Why did she remember her husband as a ‘wickid' man? How did she cope with the death of those close to her, including her own son? How did she manage to overcome the struggles and disappointments that punctuated her life?Written with a sharp feminist consciousness that displays both compassion and intellect, this astute psychological biography tells the story of a resilient woman who, when placed in circumstances beyond her control, managed to live a good life. It provides valuable insight into the lives of many (un)remarkable women whose lives may have gone unnoticed but whose experiences shed so much light on the realities faced by women throughout the 1900s.
Ann Judson: A Biography, Including Selections from Her Memoir and Letters
by Sharon JamesPreviously published as My Heart in His Hands, this book is fully revised and updated and is the best modern biography of Ann Judson available. If you only read one biography this year, read Ann Judson: a missionary life for Burma. <p><p> If you re going through trials or suffering you need to read this book and find out that trials are always for a purpose rightly understood they glorify God and build us up in the faith. Sharon James uses the sources carefully to bring Ann (and Adoniram) Judson s piety and hard work for the Lord to our attention, not to venerate them but to challenge us to deeper commitment and service to the Lord.
Ann Landers in Her Own Words: Personal Letters to Her Daughter
by Margo HowardAmerica's most beloved columnist shares 40 years of advice through letters to her only child, published here for the first time. In this witty, wise, and intensely personal collection of letters to her daughter Margo, Ann Landers delivers her own unintentional memoir.
Ann Leckie’s "Ancillary Justice": A Critical Companion (Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon)
by David M. HigginsThis book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers a devastating rebuke to the political, social, cultural, and economic injustices of American imperialism in the post 9/11 era. Following an introductory overview, the study offers four chapters that examine key themes central to the novel: gender, imperial economics, race, and revolutionary agency. Ancillary Justice’s exploration of these four themes, and the way it reveals how these issues are all fundamentally entangled with the problem of contemporary imperial power, warrants its status as a canonical work of science fiction for the twenty-first century. The book concludes with a brief interview with Leckie herself touching on each of the topics examined during the preceding chapters.
The Ann Lovejoy Handbook of Northwest Gardening
by Ann LovejoyIn this updated second edition of the popular guide, Ann Lovejoy explains how to create a gorgeous ornamental garden following the principles and techniques of organic and sustainable gardening. Emphasizing good soil prep, composting, drainage, mulching, and proper plant selection, the book covers every step from landscaping and design to soil prep to planting beds, all with the goal of creatinga lovely garden without chemical fertilizers or pest control. Janet Loughrey’s color photographs show the splendid results.
Ann Of Ava
by Ethel Daniels HubbardThe story of Ann Nancy Hasseltine formatted for Kindle and includes linked table of contents. Forward by Chris Gardner In 1812 Ann Nancy Hasseltine was struggling with whether to marry the man she loved, who would bring her far away, possibly never to return. Ann grew up in Bradford, Massachusetts, and had trusted Jesus at age 16. On February 5th, 1812, she married Adoniram Judson, and within the month, they were on a ship bound for India and then Burma, both determined to bring Christ to the world.
Ann Silver (Deaf Artist Series)
by James W. Van ManenAnn Silver: Deaf Artist Series by Empyreal Press (empyrealpress.com), is about Ann Silver, a Deaf Pop artist who works in the Deaf Art/De’VIA (Deaf View/Image Art) genre. Its pages are filled with vibrant images of Silver’s compelling artwork, along with descriptions of art and biography. <p><p>While barely 20 and an undergraduate, along with a few others, she started the Deaf Art Movement. The book includes a timeline of the Deaf Art Movement (DAM) from 1968-1989 and gives compelling evidence of the strong foundation that the DAM created for the small group that created the De’VIA Manifesto in 1989. She has been involved in many types of artwork, so many that some readers may think the book is about several artists. Indeed, the majority of the artwork in the book was created by her. <p><p>This book is an art biography because it is about her art, but it is also about her life. It reads in chronological format, starting with her birth and leads the reader through various stages in her life and artwork up to the present. <p><p>Ann Silver: Deaf Artist Series is a wonderful educational resource for art enthusiasts, and for aspiring artists, and for people interested in Deaf Culture or Deaf Art / De’VIA art. This series brings attention to the artwork and lives of contemporary Deaf visual artists who are important to the Deaf Art Movement and De’VIA (Deaf View / Image Art). These are Deaf artists who place a perspective on their artwork which relates to American Sign Language, Deaf heritage and Deaf culture. Each book contains biography, art interpretation and some art description. The availability of this important series offers readers an insight into the world of culturally Deaf people through their artists.
Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Messiah, Mother of the Shakers, the Woman Clothed with the Sun
by Richard FrancisFrom Publishers Weekly Ann Lee (1736-1784) was an illiterate who left no records of her own, making the biographer's task a challenge. Francis has culled this entertaining profile from public records of Lee's many incarcerations for disorderly conduct (those early Shakers were a loud bunch) and her followers' glowing recollections. Francis dispels some myths about Lee, including the notion that she "founded" the Shaker movement, which had been going for 11 years before she converted in 1758. In 1770, she had a vision in which she saw herself as a Messiah figure, and thereafter assumed spiritual leadership, bringing a small flock of believers to America in 1774. Francis does a fine job of placing early Shakerism within the larger context of the Revolutionary War and gives long-overdue attention to the historical import of the "Dark Day" of 1780. Francis is a fine writer who vividly conjures the religious and social worlds of the 18th century, though his allusions to popular 20th-century entertainments (Monty Python, Stephen King and the movie Groundhog Day) are more distracting than illustrative. The lack of citations of any kind is troublesome in a biography where so much of the "primary" source material was penned long after Lee's death; occasional glitches on Francis's part (e.g., calling the Anglican revivalist George Whitefield a Methodist) also undermine reader confidence. Despite these flaws, this is unquestionably the best and most absorbing biography of the irrepressible Shaker leader.
Anna: A Daughter's Life
by William LoizeauxBorn with a number of birth defects known as VATER Syndrome, Anna Loizeaux's chances for survival were uncertain. Each day was a gift and each moment was precious. Much of her brief life was spent in hospital nurseries and operating rooms, where medical technology and human intervention mustered all their resources to give her the chance for life that nature had not. In the end, they couldn't.Anna lived only a few precious, wonderful months, and when she died she shattered the lives of her parents. Where is the design to the death of a child? What is left to hold on to? William Loizeaux began to write a journal. Begun out of the agony of grief and the determination to forget nothing, Anna: A Daughter's Life becomes an affirmation: there is no life without a marker. In the terrible beauty and uncompromising honesty of her father's prose, Anna has her marker. This stunningly beautiful record of a father's grief begun out of isolation and helpless rage, becomes an act of celebration. In it, he finds, and offers to us, the courage and spirit that asked so much from so brief a life. Here is an unforgettable portrait of an unforgettable child that reaches out to us all
Anna: The Biography
by Amy OdellBloomberg&’s 10 Most Compelling Books to Put on Your Reading List This Spring This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who would—with singular and legendary focus—become one of the most powerful people in media.As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editor-in-chief of Vogue, she never looked back. Impatient to start her career, she left high school and got a job at a trendy boutique in London—an experience that would be the first of many defeats. Undeterred, she found work in the competitive world of magazines, eventually embarking on a journey to New York and a battle to ascend, no matter who or what stood in her way. Once she was crowned editor-in-chief of Vogue—in one of the stormiest transitions in fashion magazine history—she continued the fight to retain her enviable position, ultimately rising to dominate all of Condé Nast. Based on extensive interviews with Anna Wintour&’s closest friends and collaborators, including some of the biggest names in fashion, journalist Amy Odell has crafted the most revealing portrait of Wintour ever published. Weaving Anna&’s personal story into a larger narrative about the hierarchical dynamics of the fashion industry and the complex world of Condé Nast, Anna charts the relentless ambition of the woman who would become an icon.
Anna and the King of Siam
by Margaret LandonHistorical fiction about the young Welsh governess who changed the course of Siamese (Thai) history. The book that the play and film 'The King and I' were based on.