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Janet Perez Eckles should be sinking in the mud of misery. Instead, she dances on a stage of victory. At twelve years old, Janet and her family left Bolivia for St. Louis, Missouri, their suitcases filled with dreams of a happy life in the United States. But cruel reality awaited. Complete blindness by age thirty, a tragically broken marriage, the murder of her youngest son, the acquittal of his killer were each enough to drown any woman in ...

Lignin, found in the cell walls of trees and plants, is the second-most naturally abundant biopolymer. It is composed of alkyl-aromatic polymer units. This book describes the composition and structure of lignin, strategies for its chemical modification, and studies of biopolymer lignin. It also discusses the synthesis and characterization of lignin, methods for degradation, applications in various materials, and prospects for further developme...

Earthquakes - Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications is a compilation of nine chapters covering aspects of tectonics, seismicity, earthquake forecasting, geotechnical engineering, and buildings. It presents state-of-the-art techniques for calculating moment tensors, rupture inversions, and hypocentral locations. It also presents methodologies to test probabilistic earthquake distributions on clustered and declustered catalogs and i...

Currently, there are many complicated health disorders with different etiologies and pathogeneses, including cancers, obesity, periodontitis, cardiovascular disease, liver, skin and renal disorders. It is now known that the causes and pathogenesis of many complex chronic diseases are usually polyfactorial: genetic, environmental, constitutive factors, or a combination of these. Recently, poly-target molecules containing enzymes capable of cata...

Food processing, preservation, and packaging is a highly interdisciplinary science. Various techniques and technologies have been developed to extend food shelf life, minimize the risk of contamination, protect the environment, and improve foods¿ functional, sensory, and nutritional properties. Some of the many benefits of food processing, preservation, and packaging include increased food safety, improved nutrition, longer shelf life, and inc...

Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Children in Africa and selected regions of Asia and Southern America are especially widely affected. Written by expert research teams, this book describes different aspects of the epidemiology, pathobiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of malaria. Chapters highlight current research as well as the gold standards for diagnosis and treatment of the disease, examining ...

Bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are among the most widespread infections worldwide, causing major health problems. Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections - New Findings, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention is a collection of chapters written by experts in the field from all over the globe. It includes recent scientific knowledge and advances in various approaches to the diagnosis, control, treatment, and management of bact...

The use of experimental animals is quite common in medical research, especially for pharmaceutical developments and molecular pathway studies. Considering the effects of therapeutic agents used in the treatment of tissues and systems, it becomes clear how important experimental animals and the models developed on them are in research. The benefits of using animals for disease models include accessibility, applicability, and affordability. Most...

Melanoma is an aggressive type of cancer for which treatment has dramatically evolved during the last 15 years, improving response and survival figures. This book, written by a diverse panel of experts, presents a description of the most relevant aspects of the epidemiology, diagnosis, local treatment, prognostic biomarkers and treatment for advanced disease, including the most recent research on novel molecules that are either approved or are...

The management of maintenance processes and their integration with production processes is one of the significant challenges faced by industries today. It is known that maintenance must be carried out to guarantee the quality and continuity of production processes. Thus, manufacturing routines, production bottlenecks, and the criticality of each component or subsystem in the overall process should be considered not only by production managemen...

Dosage forms are pharmaceutical formulation products in the form in which they are presented in the market. They are a crucial component of contemporary pharmaceutical research. The field of dosage forms is large and diverse and includes everything from conventional solid and liquid dosage forms to more recent innovations like nanoparticles and gene therapy. This book provides a comprehensive overview of dosage forms, including their formulati...

Dr. Yvette Lisle might have solved the problem of overcoming drug-resistant bacteria, only her computer with all of her data has been stolen. Finding the computer will be more dangerous than John Tall Wolf expects.

Seguendo la tradizione del Buddha che ci diffidò a cercare altre parole riguardanti la verità dell'esistenza, ma piuttosto ci invitò a sperimentarla in prima persona, Douglas Harding creò un certo numero di esperimenti stimolanti per se stesso e per noi, ad uno ad uno, stravolgono i preconcetti riguardo a noi stessi." Ram Dass, autore di Still Here Now e Journey of Awakening. Questa vasta selezione di saggi dell'autore o di On Having No Hea...

Seguendo la tradizione del Buddha che ci diffidò a cercare altre parole riguardanti la verità dell'esistenza, ma piuttosto ci invitò a sperimentarla in prima persona, Douglas Harding creò un certo numero di esperimenti stimolanti per se stesso e per noi, ad uno ad uno, stravolgono i preconcetti riguardo a noi stessi." Ram Dass, autore di Still Here Now e Journey of Awakening. Questa vasta selezione di saggi dell'autore o di On Having No Hea...

Those of you who have followed Dr. Weitzel's writings will be pleased to find that this volume builds on his previous work to provide a rather intimate picture of his life trajectory, rising above personal doubts and challenges to become a general surgeon. His brother Ken and I (who was one of his fellow residents) have added our own vignettes, to flesh out the flavor of these formative years. References to well-known, contemporaneous events a...

The disappearance of the Malaysian aircraft MH470 has remained a mystery, until now! Kabir, a top-ranking Indian military intelligence officer, has been on a personal mission for nearly a decade to unravel the truth behind a suspected plane crash. During his latest submarine expedition aimed at finding the plane's debris, he contracts a severe infection and is admitted to a hospital in Kuala Lumpur. But Kabir is now getting too close to the ...

Do you know the latitude of Equator? Find out more about such brain-teasing facts and make your child informed about the world while flipping the pages of our Brilliant Brain Activities Book. Interactive images, interesting questions and thought-provoking topics help with cognitive development and keep your child engaged for hours!

Can you distinguish between countable and uncountable things? Find out more about such brain-teasing facts and make your child informed about the world while flipping the pages of our Brilliant Brain Activities Book. Interactive images, interesting questions and thought-provoking topics help with cognitive development and keep your child engaged for hours!

Do you know the opposite of tall? Find out more about such brain teasing facts and make your child informed about the world while flipping the pages of our Brilliant Brain Activities Book. Interactive images, interesting questions and thought-provoking topics help with cognitive development and keep your child engaged for hours!

Can you name all your sensory organs and tell their functions? Find out more about such brain-teasing facts and make your child informed about the world while flipping the pages of our Brilliant Brain Activities Book. Interactive images, interesting questions and thought-provoking topics help with cognitive development and keep your child engaged for hours!