J Brewer: 19 books
Wilson's Disease for the Patient and Family
A Patient's Guide to Wilson's Disease and Frequently Asked Questions About Copper
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2002
Wilsons Disease for the Patient and Family: A Patients Guide to Wilsons disease and Frequently asked Questions about Copper, is an essential reference book for patients with Wilsons disease and their families. In easy-to-understand language, Dr. Brewer, a world authority on Wilsons disease and copper,...
by George J. Brewer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
George Brewer is a physician and Professor of Human Genetics and Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. His research has touched on many diverse fields of medicine and genetics, and led to extensive publications in the medical literature. Recently, he has turned his attention...
Wilson’s Disease
A Clinician’s Guide to Recognition, Diagnosis, and Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Movement disorder specialists, general neurologists, hepatologists, general gastroenterologists, and psychiatrists are the specialists who will most likely see some Wilson's disease patients during their careers. See them - yes. Recognize and diagnose them - maybe. If you are in one of these specialties,...
Ancient Egypt
Foundations of a Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Ancient Egypt is a beautifully illustrated, easy-to-read book covering the formative era of the Egyptian civilization: the age before the pyramids. Douglas Brewer shows why an awareness of the earliest phase of Egyptian history is crucial to understanding of later Egyptian culture. Beginning with...
by Dr O. Huguenin-Elie, Dr L. Delaby, Dr K. Klumpp
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Assesses latest research on how grasslands function
Surveys best practice in sustainable grassland management
Considers wider aspects of sustainability such as ecosystem services and biodiversity
Taking Measure of Charter Schools
Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Charter schools offer something that public school systems, parents, and teachers need: a way to experiment with alternative ways of teaching, motivating students, organizing schools, using technology, and employing teachers. While people came down on both sides of support for or against charter schools,...
by Major Richard J. Brewer
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This study examines the operational insights offered by the analysis of the Tullahoma, or Middle Tennessee, Campaign of 1863. The thesis uncovers these operational insights by examining how Major General William S. Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumberland, and General Braxton Bragg, commander...
Ex-Combatants, Religion, and Peace in Northern Ireland
The Role of Religion in Transitional Justice
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Studies of Northern Ireland's ex-combatants ignore religion, while advocates of religious interventions in transitional justice exaggerate its influence. Using interview data with ex-combatants, this book explores religious influences upon violence and peace, and develops a model for evaluating the role of religion in transitional justice.
by George J. Brewer
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2002
As most everyone who reads the newspapers these days will be aware, DNA technology and cloning genes (isolating and obtaining the DNA for a specific gene) is on the cutting edge of science. Almost every week a new gene is cloned, its DNA sequence determined, and its function discovered. Discoveries...
by George J. Brewer
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2007
Peter Faulkner, a graduate student in microbiology, called his wife to tell her hed be late, and made the mistake of calling from his mentors office. Catching Peter in his presumably locked office when he returned unexpectedly, Professor Jergens was enraged, mistakenly thinking Peter had seen secret...
by George J. Brewer
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Environmental Causes and Prevention Measures for Alzheimer’s Disease examines the increased incidence of the disease in developed countries and aims to educate neuroscientists, medical practitioners and other educated individuals on new insights into environmental causation, primarily metals. This...
Dog Ghosts and The Word on the Brazos
Negro Preacher Tales from the Brazos Bottoms of Texas
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
This book contains two volumes of African American folk tales collected by J. Mason Brewer. The stories included in Dog Ghosts are as varied as the Texas landscape, as full of contrasts as Texas weather. Among them are tales that have their roots deeply imbedded in African, Irish, and Welsh mythology;...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
The 2016 Presidential Election
The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result,...
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