Martin shows how Americans' ideas about health and immunity have changed dramatically since the 1940s and how "flexibility" has become a valued commodity--both in health and in business.
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Martin shows how Americans' ideas about health and immunity have changed dramatically since the 1940s and how "flexibility" has become a valued commodity--both in health and in business.
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Every day we are bombarded by television ads, public service announcements, and media reports warning of dire risks to our health and offering solutions to help us lower those risks. But many of these messages are incomplete, misleading, or exaggerated, leaving the average perso…
The computer meets medicine and biology : emergence of a discipline -- Biomedical data : their acquisition, storage, and use -- Biomedical decision making : probabilistic clinical reasoning -- Cognitive science and biomedical informatics -- Essential concepts for biomedical comp…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers, EHAWC 2011, held within the framework of the 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2011, incorporating 12 thematica…
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention - MICCAI 2011: 14th international conference, Toronto, Canada, S…
by Martel, Anne, Fichtinger, Gabor, Peters, Terry, International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, Toronto, Canada)
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Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention-- MICCAI 2011: 14th International Conference, Toronto, Canada, S…
by Martel, Anne, Fichtinger, Gabor, International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Toronto, Ont.), Peters, Terry M.
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The three-volume set LNCS 6891, 6892 and 6893 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011, held in Toronto, Canada, in September 2011. Based on rigorous peer reviews, the pro…
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention-- MICCAI 2011: 14th International Conference, Toronto, Canada, S…
by Martel, Anne, Fichtinger, Gabor, International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Toronto, Ont.), Peters, Terry M.
fromLecture Notes in Computer Science
0
Type: Book
The three-volume set LNCS 6891, 6892 and 6893 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011, held in Toronto, Canada, in September 2011. Based on rigorous peer reviews, the pro…
Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, "Life as Surplus" is a pointed and important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States today. Melinda Cooper demonstrates that the history of biotechnology c…
Overview of the way medicine is experienced, perceived and socially constructed in western societies. Drawing on the tradition of the sociology of health and illness, Deborah Lupton directs readers to an understanding of medicine, health care, illness and disease from a sociocul…
"Mary-Ellen Kelm's Colonizing Bodies which examines the impact of colonization on Aboriginal health in British Columbia during the first half of the twentieth century. Using postmodern and postcolonial conceptions of the body and the power relations of colonization, Kelm shows h…
The selenium field has grown dramatically in the years since the first edition of Selenium: Its Molecular Biology and Role in Human Health was published in 2001. All aspects of selenium biology have advanced with many new approaches and insights into the biochemical, molecular, …
This book describes the concept of child victimization in all its facets. Millions of young people throughout the world face violence, sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and exploitation on a daily basis. The worldwide victimization of young people can be prevented, or, at le…
"The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience, reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling interdiscipl…