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This is the second book in the THINK YOU'RE SMART? quiz book series. Think you're smart? Test yourself with these simple but intelligent quizzes, packed with fun facts and trivia. Each general knowledge quiz is arranged as a 'click-through' trivia quiz, with a question on one page and the answer...

A concise, easy-to-refer-to handbook of common conditions seen in general practice and how to treat them. Each condition is discussed in a standard way that will be familiar to most GPs – assessment, including history and examination, and management. Throughout the book there are ‘alert’ boxes...

As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by which disease spread. By taking an approach focused on...

Sleep Disorders - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. There are many types of sleep disorders, with different aetiologies, presentations and treatments. Generally, sleep disorders can be classified into one of four groups: hypersomnias, parasomnias, insomnia and sleep–wake schedule disorders....

Concise, portable, and user-friendly, The Washington Manual® General Internal Medicine Consult, Third Edition, provides quick access to the essential information needed when performing an inpatient consult.  Chapters are organized around presenting symptom (e.g., approach to nausea, approach to...

The aim of this book is to give a little of the background regarding the making of inks, paints and conductive inks and to suggest some possible uses and further experiments for them when applied as thick films.The book concentrates on the use of inks produced by FWG. The main reason for this is that...

Communicating with Patients - General Practice: The Integrative Approach. This chapter introduces a patient-centred approach to General Practice and how to effectively communicate with patients is also outlined.

I THEORETICAL 1  THE POSITIVE INTEGER, AND THE LAWS WHICH REGULATE THE ADDITION AND MULTIPLICATION OF POSITIVE INTEGERS The number concept Numerical equality Numeral symbols The numerical equation Counting Addition and its laws Multiplication and its laws 2  SUBTRACTION AND THE...

Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of Special Relativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to General Relativity for undergraduate students of physics. Assuming almost no prior knowledge, it allows the student to handle all the Relativity needed for a university course,...

This valuable text begins with the general theory of diffraction through the use of Fourier transforms. The author then applies the general results to various atomic structures including amorphous bodies, crystals, and imperfect crystals, whereby the elementary laws of x-ray diffraction from ideal...

Our understanding of the physical world was revolutionized in the twentieth century — the era of “modern physics''. This book, aimed at the very best students, presents the foundations and frontiers of today's physics. It focuses on the following topics: quantum mechanics; applications in atomic,...

This classic textbook sets out clearly and concisely how to evaluate symptoms and elicit relevant physical signs. It describes the practical skills which every clinician must acquire and develop in order to evolve diagnostic procedures and management strategies and plans. ‘Highly Commended’ in...

This research project studies the employment of airpower by the Fifth Air Force, under Gen George C. Kenney, in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. The research began with two basic assumptions. First, it assumed that the strategic bombardment theory developed by the Air Corps Tactical...

This ebook includes questions on general chemistry measurement topics. Topics covered include measurement definitions, measurement units, scientific notation, measured numbers, exact numbers, significant figures, rounding and significant figures, prefixes and equalities. Each subtopic includes answers...