R M S: 415 books
by R.G. Parker, S.M. Mellinkoff, N.A. Janjan
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Given that treatment with curative intent is possible in only one-half of cancer victims, and that such treatment frequently fails, the majority of patients with cancer will require relief of symptoms and signs caused by their disease. In this book, the specific contribution of radiation therapy to...
Called and Chosen
Toward a Spirituality for Lay Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2005
That lay women and men increasingly serve as leaders of institutional ministries in the Church is nothing new. Yet, until now, these lay leaders have longed for theological resources and formational training to help them in their vocation and ministry. Called and Chosen: Toward a Spirituality for...
by George Alecusan, John E. Alvis, Donald R. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...
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...
Ladies in the Laboratory III
South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Published in 1998, Ladies in the Laboratory provided a systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research. A companion volume, published in 2004, focused on women scientists from Western Europe. In this third volume, author Mary R.S. Creese...
by Helen S. L., M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.(C)
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Cancer is one of the world's most dreaded diseases. Yet the past two decades have seen major revolutions in cancer therapy and steadily growing hopes for a cure. This book, written in easily understood language, provides an extensive look at the way medical professionals are treating the disease today....
by Jaan S. Islam, M. R. Islam, Meltem Islam
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018
Every year, as soon as reports on global economic inequality remind us about the direction our civilization is heading, there is a hysterical reaction, but hysteria dies down within weeks and we go back to the lifestyle that brought us here today. Often the blame is laid on the Millennial generation...
by Lawrence A. Shapiro, Shannon Spaulding, Daniel D. Hutto
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice.
This landmark work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists...
by Judith S. Trent, Henry C. Kenski, Kate M. Kenski
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This diverse and unique collection of essays examines a wide range of communication elements and themes in the context of the 2012 election. Topics include the early campaign and Romney’s nomination battle, candidate image, the rhetoric and campaigning of Michelle Obama and Ann Romney, issues of...
William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
The Cries of the Wounded
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
Intestinal Anastomoses with Bioabsorbable Anastomosis Rings
Proceedings of the First European Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The anastomotic technique plays a predominant role in gastrointestinal surgery. A feared complication is leakage due to the sutures. Such leakage cannot be detected early; consequently, infection spreads locally and systemically. An anastomotic method is generally evaluated according to its rate of...
Lone Star Marine
A Biography Of The Late Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr., U.S.M.C.
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
A fascinating biography of veteran Marine Corps officer Colonel John W. Thomason, dedicated soldier and talented artist.
“On a spring morning in 1917, in fact the very day the United States declared war on Germany, a twenty-four-year-old Texan strode into the recruiting office of the Marine...
The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith
Interreligious Reflections on Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
The Meaning of My Neighbor’s Faith addresses two of the most critical challenges of our time: immigration and religious diversity. The diverse group of contributors, representing a variety of religious traditions, disciplines, and methodologies, explore “the meaning of my neighbor’s faith”...
by Raúl Pérez Guerra, Severiano Fernández Ramos, Raúl Pérez Guerra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Los estudios universitarios en Turismo, plasmados en el actual Grado en Turismo, contemplan la necesaria adquisición por el alumno de determinadas competencias relacionadas con la ordenación legal de las actividades, servicios y productos turísticos, así como de las políticas turísticas desarrolladas...