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Topics in this volume include: comparison of interferometric contouring techniques; comparison of visibility of standard scratches; and near-grazing illumination and shadowing of rough surfaces.

With 700+ practice questions, this comprehensive guide delivers the information, insights, and practice you need to pass your certification with flying colors With serious brain issues that lead to breathing problems, heart problems, kidney problems, and more, patients in the neuro ICU are the sickest of the sick. From strokes to brain tumors to liver disease to cardiac arrest, The Neuro ICU Study Companion, Second Edition provides everything you need to build their expertise in all areas of treatment and ace their certification requirements. Packed with 250 illustrations and 700+ questions and answers with detailed answer explanations and accompanying images, illustrations, tables, and references, this unmatched resource offer complete coverage of every topic found on the neurocritical care board exam. With carefully selected questions mirroring the neurocritical care board exam in quality, difficulty, and content, it provides realistic case vignettes show how to apply principles to real-world clinical situations, along with new chapter-ending summaries detailing essential facts, figures and data. The Neuro ICU Study Companion, Second Edition covers everything you need to know, including: • Stroke and Neurocritical Care, including Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Neurotrauma, Epilepsy, Neuromuscular Diseases, and Brain Death • Neurosurgical Management, including Vascular Neurosurgery, Brain Tumors and Hydrocephalus, and Neurosurgical Emergencies • Medical Critical Care, including Pulmonary Diseases, Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, and Infectious, Endocrine and Renal • Surgical Critical Care, including Intrathoracic Pathology, Pulmonary Mechanics, Effects of Critical Illness in the SICU, and Cardiovascular Pathology • Cardiac Critical Care • Ethics and Professionalism

This concise, practical resource covers all of today's need-to-know information in musculoskeletal imaging - in an exceptionally user-friendly format. This new volume in the Requisites Series is compact, clinically oriented, and easy to read - making it an ideal study tool as well as a convenient reference for practice. Delivers more than 750 outstanding illustrations that demonstrate a full range of musculoskeletal imaging approaches and findings. Offers numerous outlines, tables, "pearls," and boxed material for easy reading and reference. Presents new coverage of multi-slice CT, MRI and Ultrasound to keep you on the cutting edge in radiology. Updates and replaces more than 200 images from previous editions to stay completely current. Includes new Chapters on: Imaging of soft tissues: the basics "G Radiographic anatomy "G Bone marrow imaging, "G Bone Biopsy. Discusses more throroughly: basic approach to tumor and arthritis imaging "G numerous common and rare musculoskeletal conditions. Enhances ease of use with reorganization of chapters into 9 sections, making it easier to find information.

Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds provides a unique source of information on an important area of chemistry. Divided into sections mainly according to the particular spectroscopic technique used, coverage in each volume includes: NMR (with reference to stereochemistry, dynamic systems, paramagnetic complexes, solid state NMR nd Groups 13-18); nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy; vibrational spectroscopy of main group and transition element compounds and coordinated ligands; and electron diffraction. Reflecting the growing volume of published work in this field, researchers will find this Specialist Periodical Report an invaluable source of information on current methods and applications.

High Throughput Bioanalytical Sample Preparation: Methods and Automation Strategies is an authoritative reference on the current state-of-the-art in sample preparation techniques for bioanalysis. This book focuses on high throughput (rapid productivity) techniques and describes exactly how to perform and automate these methodologies, including useful strategies for method development and optimization. A thorough review of the literature is included within each of these chapters describing high throughput sample preparation techniques: protein removal by precipitation; equilibrium dialysis and ultrafiltration; liquid-liquid extraction; solid-phase extraction; and various on-line techniques. The text begins with an introductory overview of the role of bioanalysis in pharmaceutical drug development. Fundamental understanding of the strategies for sample preparation is reinforced next, along with essential concepts in extraction chemistry. Several chapters introduce and discuss microplates, accessory products and automation devices. Particular strategies for efficient use of automation within a bioanalytical laboratory are also presented. The subject material then reviews protein precipitation, liquid-liquid extraction, solid-phase extraction and various on-line sample preparation approaches. The book concludes with information on recent advances in sample preparation, such as solid-phase extraction in a card format and higher density extraction plates. Important objectives that can be accomplished when the strategies presented in this book are followed include: improved efficiency in moving discovery compounds to preclinical status with robust analytical methods; return on investment in automation for sample preparation; and improved knowledge and expertise of laboratory staff. · Shows the reader exactly how to perform modern bioanalytical sample preparation techniques, complete with detailed strategies · Thorough literature review and summary of published information · Detailed discussion and examples of the method development process

Identifies nearly 1,300 sources of funding open specifically to Hispanic Americans, including scholarships, fellowships, loans, awards, prizes, and internships.

By the time of the Vietnam War era, the “Mexican American Generation” had made tremendous progress both socially and politically. However, the number of Mexican Americans in comparison to the number of white prisoners of war (POWs) illustrated the significant discrimination and inequality the Chicano population faced in both military and civilian landscapes. Chicanos were disproportionately “grunts” (infantry), who were more likely to be killed when captured, while pilots and officers were more likely to be both white and held as POWs for negotiating purposes. A fascinating look at the Vietnam War era from a Chicano perspective, “I’m Not Gonna Die in this Damn Place”: Manliness, Identity, and Survival of the Mexican American Vietnam Prisoners of War gives voice to the Mexican American POWs. The stories of these men and their families provide insights to the Chicano Vietnam War experience, while also adding tremendously to the American POW story. This book is an important read for academics and military enthusiasts alike.

The Race and Education Primer introduces its topic as perspective, policy and pedagogy. It provides a thematic introduction to the guiding beliefs and major practices in the field, with a special emphasis on critical, recurring themes. These include race and intelligence, the education gap, teacher education and cultural competence. Approaching race and education in global context, the primer covers topics of interest to both novice and advanced students. A glossary and suggested readings and resources add to the volume's value for students new to the field.