Public health and preventive medicine Books

Book SynopsisVorwort.- Geleitwort.- Rechtliche Transformation.- Transformation der finanziellen Strukturen.- Kultur für Veränderung schaffen.- Wirkungsvolle Transformationsmethoden.- Veränderung von Versorgungsstrukturen und –prozessen.- Digitale Transformation.- Systemische Transformation.- Der Nutzennachweis von Transformationsprozessen.- Transformation begegnen.- Konvergenz der Veränderung.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on information published in the World Population Policies Database, this data booklet provides up-to-date information on government policies on reproductive health issues, including access to family planning, policies to promote sexual and reproductive health of adolescents, laws on abortion and programmes to reduce maternal mortality, for all 193 Member States, 2 Observer States and 2 non-member States of the United Nations. The booklet also provides latest estimates of contraceptive use and unmet need, maternal mortality ratio, antenatal care and delivery care, adolescent fertility and other selected indicators. The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs was established to play an active role in the intergovernmental dialogue on population and development, producing constantly updated demographic estimates and projections for all countries, including data essential for the monitoring of development around the world.

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Book SynopsisFor the first time since its conception, this year the World Drug Report presents the latest global, regional and subregional estimates of and trends in drug demand and supply in a user-friendly, interactive online format. The new online segment is designed to both enhance and simplify access to the wealth of information provided in the report by presenting the data in the form of succinct key messages supported by interactive graphs, infographics, and maps. Booklet 1 takes the form of an executive summary that sets out points of special interest and policy implications based on analysis of the key findings of the online segment and the thematic booklet 2 and the conclusions that can be drawn from them. The World Drug Report 2023 is aimed not only at fostering greater international cooperation to counter the impact of the world drug problem on health, governance, and security, but also at assisting Member States in anticipating and addressing threats posed by drug markets and mitigating their consequences

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the scientific evidence for the role of vitamin C in health and disease and offers new guidance on vitamin C intake in humans. The importance of vitamin C in preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease, its relevance to aging and stress, and its impacts on each of the human body systems are thoroughly assessed on the basis of the author’s extensive research and his deep understanding, as an anatomy professor, of the body as a whole. Findings published in the international scientific literature are fully taken into account, and due consideration is also given to empirical evidence, bearing in mind that mechanisms of action cannot always be precisely defined in the absence of human experiments. Beyond providing an up-to-date scientific perspective on the effects of vitamin C, the author hopes to promote human health worldwide by encouraging proper use of the vitamin. To this end, recommendations are made on the amount of vitamin C that should be taken daily and on the best way to take it. The book will be of interest to researchers, clinicians, and all others who wish to learn more about this vitamin and its significance. Table of ContentsPreface.- Chapter I. Introduction.- 1.History of Discovery of Vitamin C.- 2.What is vitamin C?.- 3.Chemical Properties of Vitamin C as Anti-oxidant.- 4.Biological Activities as Co-factors.- 5.Scientific Background of Optimal Dose.- 6.How to take?.- 7.Adverse Effects.- Chapter II. Cardiovascular System.- Chapter III. Cancer.- Chapter IV. Immune system.- Chapter V. Respiratory System, Common Cold and Influenza.- Chapter VI. Central Nervous System.- Chapter VII. Aging.- Chapter VIII. Stress.- Chapter IX. Gastrointestinal (GI) System.- Chapter X. Liver.- Chapter XI. Skin.- Chapter XII. Eye.- Chapter XIII. Summary and Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an insight into the issue of health inequity brought about by the violent conflict in Northeast India. While examining the deep vulnerabilities and loss of well-being suffered by families displaced by conflict in the Indo-Bhutan borderland region, the authors raise fundamental questions of accountability and the role of various stakeholders in providing humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict. It highlights for the reader the role played by conflict and armed violence in dismantling a functioning public health system and delineates the long-term barriers to post-conflict recovery. The book is written by those who have worked in implementing development and peacebuilding programs in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) of Western Assam. The book especially brings to the fore the voices of those communities directly affected by conflict in Bodoland. The book is valuable to researchers, development practioners and policy makers. Given the unique format of the book, which includes a number of case studies, it is particularly useful for students of development, public health and allied disciplines such as international relations as well as peace and conflict studies.Table of Contents1) Health Services in Conflict and Fragile Contexts: Implications for South Asia2) Health Inequity, Conflict and Peace in the Northeast India3) The Struggle for Identity, Onset of Violence in (for) Bodoland and Meanings of Autonomy4) Violent Borderlands and Health Systems Collapse: Narratives from Deosri5) Filling the Void? New Humanitarian Actors, Conflict Response and the Perils of Humanitarian Exit6) Pathways to Peace and Biographies of Reconstruction

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique assessment of the Nigerian healthcare system's different professions. It begins by examining the fundamentals of health professions to contextualize the issues explored in the book in more detail. It goes on to present the hierarchy of occupations, professionalization, and the evolutionary path and socialization milestones that occupations attempting to attain true professions' status and power transcend. It also analyses the differences between professional autonomy, direct access, and independent practice. The latter parts identify Nigeria's primary healthcare professions and vocational careers and discuss their central roles, each discipline's specialty; including the biography of 35 notable pioneer Nigerian healthcare professionals during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The book concludes by analyzing the causes and adverse impacts of interprofessional conflict and industrial action within the Nigerian healthcare system and proposes the interdisciplinary team concept as a panacea for both conundrums.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Fundamentals of Health Professions Chapter 2: The Healthcare Professionals in Nigeria (the original title of the book)Chapter 3: Health Occupations (Vocational Careers) in NigeriaChapter 4: Notable Pioneer Nigerian Healthcare ProfessionalsChapter 5: Status of Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team in Nigeria

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Book SynopsisThis book provides rare insight into how real children/adolescents’ lives unfold as a result of health inequity. The authors present the findings of empirical research into the health and social circumstances of 61 Australian children/adolescents, as reported by healthcare professionals who attended to their medical needs, revealing how healthcare professionals deal with health inequity on the ground. Profound inequities in the health and wellbeing of children/adolescents worldwide have been the focus of intense research for decades. The extent to which children/adolescents’ health and wellbeing is impacted by violence, poverty, their inability to access integrated healthcare services, parental and adolescent substance abuse, unemployment, poor living conditions, poor nutrition, a fractured social support network, disrupted education, and lack of transportation, is widely recognized. While essential, statistical analyses alone cannot reveal the faces of those experiencing health inequity. This work highlights the need for urgent coordinated action to address health inequity so that children and young people have a chance to lead a full life in good health. It is relevant to researchers and practitioners whose work relates to improving children and young people’s lives.“This book should be required reading for those who influence policies developed by all the sectors mentioned above and their funding and administrative bodies – and politicians in particular” (Anonymous Reviewer).Table of ContentsChapter 1- Introduction.- Chapter 2 – Methods and methodology.- Chapter 3 – Overview of Social Determinants of Health Findings and Vignettes.- Chapter 4 – Results of health inequity analyses.- Chapter 5 – Discussion of findings on social determinants of health.- Chapter 6 – Challenges faced in addressing the needs of these children/young people.- Chapter 7 – Solutions adopted for these children/young people and their families.- Chapter 8 – Outcomes: How these children/young people and their families fared.- Chapter 9 - Discussion of challenges, solutions, and outcomes.- Chapter 10. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book addresses the multiple health dimensions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in India and other countries including nine in Asia, five in Sub-Saharan Africa, and New Zealand. It explores the impact of the pandemic on mental health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, health financing, self-care, and vaccine development and distribution. The contributing authors discuss its impact on vulnerable populations, including interstate migrants and female sex workers. The significant role of media and communications, rapid dissemination of information in social media, and its impact during the COVID-19 pandemic era are discussed. It closes with lessons learned from the experiences of countries that have contained the pandemic. With contributions from experts from around the world, this book presents solutions of problems that relate to COVID-19. It is a valuable resource appealing to a wide readership across the social sciences and the humanities. Readers include governments, academicians, researchers, policy-makers, program implementers, as well as lay persons.Table of ContentsPart 1. Responding to the impact of covid-19 on health service delivery.- Chapter 1. Investing in a Resilient and Responsive Healthcare System During COVID-19 Pandemic (Dr. Bulbul Sood).- Chapter 2. Using Technology to Harness Existing Resources for an Emergency: COVID-19 Response (Mr. Gopi Gopalakrishnan).- Chapter 3. Unveling the Clinical Face of COVID-19 (Dr. Arti Singh).- Chapter 4. The Twin Epidemics: TB and COVID-19 in India (Mr. Chapal Mehra).- Chapter 5. Self-care and COVID-19 in Africa and Asia (Priti Dave).- Chapter 6. COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Administration in India (Ms. Drishya Pathak).- Part 2. Impact of covid-19 on mental health, hunger and nutrition, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender, and health financing.- Chapter 7. A Lifestyle Disorder that Spared Nobody: Mental Health and COVID-19 (Ms. Komal Mittal).- Chapter 8. Malnutrition and COVID-19 in India (Dr. Shweta Khandelwal).- Chapter 9. Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young People in India: The Missing Links During and Beyond a Pandemic (Ms.Sapna Kedia).- Chapter 10. Commentary- Family Planning During COVID-19 Pandemic (Dr. Sanghamitra Singha).- Chapter 11. Gender Insights into a Unique Threat to Human Development (Ms. Madhubala Nath).- Chapter 12. Financing for a Resilient Health System in India: Lessons from the COVID Pandemic (Dr. Indrani Gupta).- Part 3. IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.- Chapter 13. Commentary-“I Just Want To Go Home”: What The Lockdown Meant for India’s Inter-state Migrants Workers (Ms. Philo Magdalene).- Chapter 14. From Vulnerability to Resilience: Sex Workers Fight COVID-19 (Ms.Sushena Reza-Paul).- Chapter 15. Communicating COVID: Learnings and Way Forward (Ms. Nandita Suneja).- Part 4. Changing Role Of Media And Communications In The Covid-Era.- Chapter 16. Commentary- Relevance of Social and Behavior Change and Communications in the Media on COVID-19 Response (Dr. Sanghamitra Singha).- Part 5. Experiences of countries that have successfully contained the pandemic.- Chapter 17. Commentary-“Go Ahead, Go Early”: New Zealand’s COVID-19 Elimination Strategy (Dr. Rashmi Pachauri Rajan).- Chapter 18. Learnings from Asia (Dr. Saroj Pachauri).

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access book. It is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the interlinkages between biodiversity and multiple dimensions of health (e.g., physical, mental, and spiritual) in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). This book provides insights on how SEPLS approaches can contribute to more sustainable management of natural resources, achieving global biodiversity and sustainable development goals, and good health for all. It is also expected to offer useful knowledge and information for an upcoming three-year thematic assessment of “the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food, and health” (the so-called “nexus assessment”) by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The book begins with an introductory chapter followed by eleven case study chapters demonstrating the nexus between biodiversity, health, and sustainable development, and then a synthesis chapter clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to policy and academic discussions. It will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and professionals in the field related to sustainable development. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Human-Nature Cooperation for Well-being: Community Understanding on One Health Approach in the COVID-19 Era in the Sundarbans .- Chapter 3. Linking Biocultural Memory Conservation and Human Well-Being in Indigenous Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in the Colombian Pacific Region.- Chapter 4. SEPLS Well-being as a Vision: Co-managing for Diversity, Connectivity and Adaptive Capacity in Xinshe Village, Hualien County, Chinese Taipei.- Chapter 5. To Take Care of the Land Means Taking Care of Ourselves”: Local Perceptions on Human and Environmental Health in a High Agrobiodiversity Landscape in the Yucatan Peninsula.- Chapter 6. Community ‘Bio-rights’ in Augmenting Health and Climate Resilience of a Socio-ecological Production Landscape in Peri-urban Ramsar Wetlands.- Chapter 7. Effective Water Management for Landscape Management in the Siem Reap Catchment, Cambodia.- Chapter 8.Are the Skiing Industry, Globalisation and Urbanisation of Alpine Landscapes Threatening Human Health and Ecosystem Diversity?.- Chapter 9.Promoting Local Health Traditions and Local Food Baskets: A Case Study from a Bio-cultural Hotspot of India.- Chapter 10.Safeguarding the Biodiversity Associated with Local Foodways in Traditionally-Managed Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in Kenya.- Chapter 11.Multi-stakeholder Approach to Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity and Enhancing Food Security and Community Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.- Chapter 12.Reducing Commodity-Driven Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Pesticide Use and Impacts on Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes (SEPL) in Ghana.- Chapter 13. Synthesis: Concept, Methodologies and Strategies to Address the Nexus in SEPLS.

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access book. It is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the interlinkages between biodiversity and multiple dimensions of health (e.g., physical, mental, and spiritual) in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). This book provides insights on how SEPLS approaches can contribute to more sustainable management of natural resources, achieving global biodiversity and sustainable development goals, and good health for all. It is also expected to offer useful knowledge and information for an upcoming three-year thematic assessment of “the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food, and health” (the so-called “nexus assessment”) by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The book begins with an introductory chapter followed by eleven case study chapters demonstrating the nexus between biodiversity, health, and sustainable development, and then a synthesis chapter clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to policy and academic discussions. It will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and professionals in the field related to sustainable development. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Human-Nature Cooperation for Well-being: Community Understanding on One Health Approach in the COVID-19 Era in the Sundarbans .- Chapter 3. Linking Biocultural Memory Conservation and Human Well-Being in Indigenous Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in the Colombian Pacific Region.- Chapter 4. SEPLS Well-being as a Vision: Co-managing for Diversity, Connectivity and Adaptive Capacity in Xinshe Village, Hualien County, Chinese Taipei.- Chapter 5. To Take Care of the Land Means Taking Care of Ourselves”: Local Perceptions on Human and Environmental Health in a High Agrobiodiversity Landscape in the Yucatan Peninsula.- Chapter 6. Community ‘Bio-rights’ in Augmenting Health and Climate Resilience of a Socio-ecological Production Landscape in Peri-urban Ramsar Wetlands.- Chapter 7. Effective Water Management for Landscape Management in the Siem Reap Catchment, Cambodia.- Chapter 8.Are the Skiing Industry, Globalisation and Urbanisation of Alpine Landscapes Threatening Human Health and Ecosystem Diversity?.- Chapter 9.Promoting Local Health Traditions and Local Food Baskets: A Case Study from a Bio-cultural Hotspot of India.- Chapter 10.Safeguarding the Biodiversity Associated with Local Foodways in Traditionally-Managed Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in Kenya.- Chapter 11.Multi-stakeholder Approach to Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity and Enhancing Food Security and Community Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.- Chapter 12.Reducing Commodity-Driven Biodiversity Loss: The Case of Pesticide Use and Impacts on Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes (SEPL) in Ghana.- Chapter 13. Synthesis: Concept, Methodologies and Strategies to Address the Nexus in SEPLS.

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Book SynopsisThe book brings out several unique perspectives of impacts of COVID-19 on the environment with special emphasis on the risk and remediation of emerging contaminants. Idea is to work out under the one health framework and comprehend not only scientific and technical aspects but also environmental, legal and policy aspects for water resources management. The obvious stress is given to the occurrence, fate and transport of geogenic, microbial and anthropogenic contaminants of emerging concern under the preview of the fact that antibiotic and antiviral use has been unprecedented during the global pandemic of COVID-19. At the same time, this edited volume touches upon the broader framework of integrated water resource management, as well as mitigation and removal strategies to put forward a holistic picture to the readers and policymakers. These contents are divided into three sections: a) monitoring, occurrence, distribution and fate of emerging contaminants; b) source and effects of these contaminants on the total environment; and c) treatment strategies, natural attenuation and mitigation.Table of ContentsAuthor name Affiliation Title Ryo Honda Kanazawa University, Japan COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance: A coincidental correlation Prosun Bhattacharya KTH, Sweden WBE role in COVID-19 management: An perspective of European Union perspective Manish Kumar IIT Gandhinagar, India Temporal variation of WBE: How can it be meaning fully used? Keisuke Kuroda Toyama University, Japan Pathways of antiviral resistance in post-covid anthropocene Lata Ramrakhiani CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, India Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater: Remediation perspectives and Innovations in Treatment Technologies Sushanta Kumar Naik Department of Soil Science, Ministry of Agriculture, Ranchi-834010, Jharkhand, India Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in groundwater Sneha Nayak Rao Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India An emerging treatment technology: Exploring Deep Learning and Computer Vision Approach in Revealing Biosynthesized Nanoparticle Size for Optimization Studies Dr. Parasuraman AS Vemana University, Centre for Fish Immunology, VELS University, India Remediation Strategy of the treatment of wastewater carrying emerging contaminants at Aquaculture facilities D.N. Magana-Arachchi National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka Co-occurrence of Geogenic, Microbial and Anthropogenic Emerging Contaminants: Ecotoxicity and Relative environmental risks Anurag Roy Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK Concern for Heavy Metal-ion Water Pollution : Their Strategic Detection and Removal Opportunities Sanjeeb Mohapatra National University of Singapore, Singapore Microbial source tracking in groundwater Mehufuz Rahman Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Strategies to Provide Drinking Water in HRIDAY Cities using Indian Traditional Knowledge, Learnings from AMRUT Scheme and IoT Debananda Mohapatra Yeungnam University, South Korea Sources, Consequences, and Control of Eutrophied Water: A significant concern for emerging contaminants in a developed and developing nation Arpita Dasgupta Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Management of emerging solid waste during Covd-19 Pandemic Vinay Tyagi IIT Roorkee, India Microplastic and its management perspectives in India

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Book SynopsisThis book tells us from a professional perspective how to deal with stress response in the family, effectively address family problems in the epidemic, and handle the infectious emotions. This book is a profound explanation of the new stress, conflicts, and problems arising at home amid the epidemic. It provides people with a psychological self-help scale to effectively distinguish the normal and abnormal states of psychological response. Besides, it also provides professional psychological assistance and suggestions for special groups, including children, the elderly, the quarantined, and the bereaved, in order to help all families actively respond to the epidemic with the power of psychology.Table of ContentsPart 1：Stress response caused by the epidemic.- 1. Stress response and its symptoms.- 2. Stages of stress response.- 3. Self-assessment of stress response.- Part 2: Self-help approaches to stress response.- 1. Understand the novel coronavirus and reduce panic.- 2. Protect yourself from panic.- 3. Restore life and eliminate panic.- 4. Accept your emotions and relieve anxiety.- 5. Change cognition for positive thinking.- 6. Shift attention and focus on others.- 7. Seek professional help to cope with panic.- Part 3: Family coping methods for stress response.- 1. How to arrange home life reasonably.- 2. How to help children through special times.- 3. How to help families with stress response.- 4. How to help quarantined family members.- 5. How to deal with strong response of family members with mental disorders History.- 6. How to deal with the loss of loved ones.- 7. How to deal with family risks.- Part 4: How to deal with family conflicts caused by the epidemic.- 1. How to deal with family conflicts.- 2. How to improve family relationships.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of work by experts from the different domains of the healthcare industry, ranging from hospital planning to quality management, clinical services to disaster management.Healthcare organizations, being diverse, sensitive, and intricate, warrant thorough and flawless planning. The structure should be not only operationally efficient but also safe for its occupants and visitors. It starts with a brief introduction of the healthcare sector at different levels. It also attempts to justify how the changing healthcare landscape paved the way for establishing a contemporary and ever-evolving specialty of Hospital planning and designing, which is dynamic and frequently requires continuous improvements and updates.Clinical and non-clinical departments have been separately classified in this book, and their respective standards and guidelines have been incorporated while describing the planning concepts. Critical areas of a hospital such as ICU, CCU have been detailed precisely as the operational requirements and level of different sophistication required. A chapter on security aspects and disaster management has also been thoroughly envisioned based on the current scenario at the global level. Issues and management of Hospital Acquired Infection are explained in different chapters based on its relevance and application in that particular area. Table of ContentsPlesae refer to the attached doc.

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Book SynopsisThis book documents and analyses the differentiated control policies, the determinant factors behind, social resilience, and international relations during the pandemic from a comparative perspective in a facts-based, data-supporting manner. The intermittent outbreak of cases, public sentiments after long anxiety, questions over the efficacy of vaccines, have forced governments as well as the public to rethink differing approaches and policies in the combat against not just COVID, but the delta variant. In this context, this book establishes itself as a timely product, perhaps the first of its kind, to provide a widely covered individual country-based observation of policies, with an emphasis on multidimensional determinant factors behind the policies. A comparative study of social resilience during the pandemic constitutes another highlight of the book. The different policies tested social resilience differently in parameters such as mortality rates, vaccination coverage, social mobility, travel arrangements, trust in government, and general human development. Above and beyond observations and analyses at local and national levels, this book expands its scope to incorporate international relations, contemplating over the impacts of the pandemic on international relations, power shifts, and new world/global orders, crystallized in the indisputable rise of China. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Public Policies in Controlling Pandemic.- Cultural and Historical Comparison of Factors Behind Pandemic Control Policies.- Political, Institutional, and State Theory Comparison. Governmental Intervention or Civil Cooperation? Reliance on Governmental Arrangement Versus Resort to Institutional Power?.- International Relations and Great Power Comparison. Changes in the Soft Power and Nation Branding for Individual Countries Following their Handling of the Pandemic, Etc.- Public Health Systems and Social Policy System Regimes Comparison.- Public Wealth Regimes and Impact on Pandemic Control Policy and Social Resilience.- Economic Comparison: Costs and Benefits of Different Control Policies.- Comprehensive/ “Great Game” Strategy Comparison. Issues Around the Various Schools of Thought, Including Conspiracy Theories, Relationship Between the Pandemic, Pandemic-Control, China’s Rise, and New World Order (International Power Shift), Economic Production, and Global Supply Chain Changes, as Well as Impacts on Policymaking, Etc.- Social Resilience.- Data-Driven, Data-Supported Analysis of Resilience, Like Social and Psychological Resilience Comparison.- Sociology of the Pandemic and the Impact on Social Resilience: Comparative Studies.- Big Data Social Resilience Analysis Comparative Studies.- Economic and Political Comparison in Resilience.- “New Normal” Preparing for and Resulting From “Living With Covid.”.- Public Sentiments, Public Trust in Governance Affect Pandemic Control, Public Backlash After Once Successful Handling Of Pandemic by Coercive Force.- Social Costs and Benefits Analysis of Pandemic Control Policies.- Will Leave for Other Issues of Comparative Nature Surrounding the Pandemic Studies. Current Chapters Include.- Comparison of Pandemics in History. What was the Social, Economic, Diplomatic, as Well as Political Implications by Previous Well-Known Pandemics in History, such as the Black Death in the 14th Century, Harbin Plaque in 1910~1911, The Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918~1919, and The SARS in 2002-2003?.- Vaccination-Related Topics, such as Comparison of Efficacy of Various Vaccines, Attitudes Towards Vaccine, Vaccine Passport, and Others. China’s International Participation in Vaccine Provision?.- Corona-A New Grand Narrative?.- Other Topics. Geographical Comparison: Routes of Pandemic Spreading and Border Re-Opening.

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction COVID-19, outbreaks and its epidemiology pattern worldwide.- 2. Epidemiology and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.- 3. Post pandemic burden of non-communicable disease.- 4. Post COVID-19 burden of communicable disease.- 5. COVID-19 global vaccination drive.- 6. Economic crisis in COVID-19 and strategies for recovering.- 7. The macroeconomic implications of the COVID-19 economic crisis worldwide.- 8. The pandemic crisis and its implications for fiscal policies.- 9. Environmental impact of pandemic and potential strategies of sustainability.- 10. Preparing for Future Pandemics: Challenges for Healthcare, Economic and Environmental Leadership.- 11. The rise of digital health technology in COVID-19 pandemic.

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Book Synopsis1   History & Evolution of E-cigarettes.- 2 Anatomy of E-cigarettes.- 3 Vaping Trends: Empowering Healthcare Professionals to Address Emerging Risks.- 4 Marketing Strategies and Tactics used by E-cigarette Industry.- 5 Overview of Legislation and Regulation on E-cigarettes.- 6 E-cigarette Injuries and Poisoning Crisis and Mitigation Strategies.- 7 Exploring E-cigarette Metabolomics: Insights from In vitro, In vivo, and Clinical Investigations.- 8 From Analytical Platforms to Biomarkers: Metabolomic Analysis of E-cigarette Related Samples.- 9 Metabolomics of Toxic Markers in E-cigarettes: Unveiling Molecular Insights.- 10 Health Outcomes of E-cigarette Use or Vaping.- 11 Toxicological Effects of E-Cigarettes on Cells, Animals, and Humans and Mechanisms of Toxicity.- 12 Emissions from ENDS.- 13 Recent Developments in Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of E-cigarette Liquids and Aerosols.- 14 Bibliometric Analysis of E-cigarette’s Emissions.- 15 Emission of Metals from E-cigarettes.- 16 Assessment of Prevalence, Patterns and Characteristics of E-cigarette Use.- 17 Smoking Cessation of E-cigarettes: A Current Situation Use and Overview of Cost-effectiveness Analysis.- 18 Updates on Interventions for E-cigarette Smoking Cessation.- 19 E-Cigarettes in Malaysia: Public Health Challenges and Economic Implications.- 20 Electronic Smoking Devices (ESDs): Future Challenges for Southeast Asia.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Public Health and Research- An Overview.- Cahpter 2: Research Designs and Methodologies.- Cahpter 3: Mixed Methods Research.- Cahpter 4: Sampling Techniques.- Cahpter 5: Data Collection Methods.- Cahpter 6: Public Health Surveillance.- Cahpter 7: Ethical Considerations in Public Health Research.- Cahpter 8: Data Analysis.- Cahpter 9: Evaluating Interventions in Public Health.- Cahpter 10 :Dissemination of Research Findings.- Cahpter 11 Digital Public Health: The Way Forward.

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Book SynopsisCh 1 Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Spike Glycoprotein During the   Covid-19 Pandemic.- Ch 2 Laying the Roadmap for a Robust R&D Ecosystem.- Ch 3 Understanding the virus -The Evolving Mutations.- Ch 4 Leveraging the Scientific Strength to test , track & treat. A public health perspective.- Ch 5 C-CAMP COVID-19 Innovations Deployment Accelerator (C-CIDA)—Dr Taslim cCAMP.- Ch 6 Pandemic Pioneers: The AMTZ Story.- Ch 7 Mylab's Remarkable Role in Transforming Diagnostics during the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Ch8 The Race to Pioneer a Solution to the RNA Challenge.- Ch 9 Journey of COVID-19 vaccines at Serum Institute of India - Serum Institute of India.- Ch 10 ZyCoV-D The World’s First Human DNA Vaccine for COVID-19.- Ch 11 MADE IN INDIA, MADE FOR INDIA-Establishment of the nation’s first pandemic-ready mRNA-based platform technology- Gennova.- Ch 12 CORBEVAX™ development and deployment:  A highly successful partnership between Biological E and BIRAC during the COVID19 pandemic—-BioE.- Ch 13 Hester Biosciences Limited’s contribution towards combating COVID-19—Haester.- Ch 14 Indian Immunologicals Limited’s contribution to Mission Covid Suraksha—IIL .- Ch 15 Science behind COVID vaccines.- Ch 16 The Clinical Trial Network.- Ch 17 Fostering Industry Academia partnership.- Ch 18 The Start up response -Fostering Resilience: The IKP Story of Leveraging Startup Ingenuity in Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Ch 19 Digital India - A Boon harnessed well -CoWIN – Enabling over 2 billion Vaccine.- Ch 20 COVID 19 – The Global Response and Our Learnings- Lessons from the Pandemic for Science and the Way Forward.

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Book SynopsisFish Movement and Human Disease: Adaptive Regulation and Molecular Mechanisms.-Japan from the perspective of region and population: the aging of the Tokyo metropolitan area.-Applied technology for aging engineering - strain measurement methods, thermal-hydraulic visualization, and displacement measured by image correlation.-IoT technology for sleep sensing in the home environment.- Pathophysiology in the aging society.-Diffusion process of deaths caused by epidemics.-Expressions of Aging in Tanka and Noh.-Health/Care Decision Making and Advance Care Planning at the End of Life.-Role of Beauty in Elderly Care.-Promoting healthy brains by "b-sports," an EEG brain training competition.- okumikawa Medical Valley Project.-Future of Sportech with Generic Wearables.-Mathematical Analysis to Extract Aging Characteristics in Electrical Physiology.-Artificial Intelligence to Extract Aging Characteristics in Biosystem.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Executive Summary.- Chapter 2. Methodology.- Chapter 3. GOHI Dashboard.- Chapter 4. Special Reports.- Chapter 5. Findings & Recommendations.- Appendix.

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Book SynopsisPart I Health and Nutrition.- 1. Acute malnutrition and its determinants of school children in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh: A Statistical Analysis.- 2. Assessment of Nutritional Status using Anthropometric Index and Its Associated Factors Among Under-five Children in India: A Cross-sectional Study from the National Family Health Survey-V (2019-2021).- 3. Factors associated with maternal and child health services in Bangladesh.- 4. Wasting among under-five children from 1990-2020: A systematic review and meta-analysis.- 5. Undernutrition among infants through composite index of anthropometric failure.- 6. Zonal distribution and determinants of stunting, wasting, underweight, and thinness among the Indian under-five children: Findings from NFHS-5.- 7. Burden of caesarean delivery and its impact on pre-school children in Bangladesh: Survey in Rajshahi District.- 8. Maternal and Child Nutritional Status in South and South

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Book Synopsis.- SECTION I: CONCEPTS OF DESIGNING and EVALUATING PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS..- Introduction to Public Health Interventions..- Concept of Public Health Interventions..- Principles and Science of Implementation Research..- Framing a Research Question..- Context Setting through Formative Research..- Qualitative Research and Pragmatic Studies..- Intervention/Experimental Study Design..- Project Implementation of Public Health interventions..- Evaluation of Public Health Interventions..- Economic Evaluation of Public Health Interventions..- Ethical Consideration in Implementation Research..- Scalability Assessments of a Public Health Intervention..- Quality Assurance and Dissemination of Findings..- SECTION II: CASE STUDIES..- Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)..- Home-Based Newborn Care (HBNC)..- IV-Iron Sucrose..- The Raipur Rani Project & The Bellary Model..- Solidarity Trial..- Pulse Polio..- Ekjut Trial..- Banning of Vape in India..- Formative Research.

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Book SynopsisPillows for therapy.- What is the reason why pillow therapy is needed now?.- Case Reports.- Basic knowledge about pillows.- Basic Research on Pillows.- Q&A for the Pillow Clinic.   

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Book Synopsis1 Introduction - Liz Tilly and Jan Walmsley.- 2 Education and Learning - Kelley Johnson.- 3 Self-determination - Liz Tilly.- 4 Safety and Protection - Liz Tilly.- 5 Independent Living - Lindsey Allen.- 6 Health and Wellbeing - Rohhss Chapman.- 7 Women and Family - Liz Tilly.- 8 Travel and Mobility - Jan Walmsley and John Hersov.- 9 Community and Culture - Hazel Morgan and Nicola Grove.- 10 Work and Money - Jan Walmsley.- 11 Liberty and Justice - Tracy Hammond.- 12 Equality and Recognition - Jan Walmsley.- 13 Final Words from the Editors - Liz Tilly and Jan Walmsley.

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the etiology of major zoonotic diseases, their impact on human health, and control mechanisms for better management. It also examines factors influencing transmission, diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of zoonotic diseases caused by different human pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, and parasites. It also introduces zoonoses with a wildlife reservoir and discusses different transmission modes, and factors that influence the epidemiology of zoonoses. It further discusses the holistic strategies for the cost-effective prevention and control of these zoonoses. Towards the end, the book also discusses infections that have spread from non-human primates to humans and strategies to improve disease control and elimination. This book is very useful for students, academicians, and researchers of veterinary sciences, veterinary medicine, and, veterinary public health.Table of Contents ) Chapter 1- ZOONOSES • Definition • Classification • Origin, emergence and re-emergence of zoonoses • Evolution of methods of managing/controlling zoonoses 2) Chapter 2-VIRAL ZOONOSES A) Human to human transmission (1-129) 1. Ebola 2. Marburg 3. SARS -1 4. MERS 5. SARS-2 6. Dengue 7. Chikungunya 8. Zika 9. Yellow Fever B) TRANSITION -TO ZOONOTIC VIRUSES 10. Influenza viruses- some basics a. Evolution- antigenic shift, host switching b. The Hong Kong (H5N1) virus 1997 c. Avian influenza d.H7N9 e. H1N1 f. H3N2 11. Nipah Chapter 3- Mosquito borne viruses 1. Japanese Encephalitis 2. St. Louis encephalitis 3. EEE 4. WEE 5. Australian Encephalitis 6. Ross River 7. WN-Kunjin 8. California, La Crosse 9. Rift Valley Fever 10. West Nile 11. O’ Nyong Nyong 12. Colorado Tick fever 13. Powassan virus 14. Kyasanur Forest Disease 15. Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever VIRAL ZOONOSES (1-72) 1. Hanta 2. Rabies 3. RVF Chapter 4- BACTERIAL ZOONOSES 1. Anthrax 2. Anaplasmosis: A phagocytophilum 3. Bartonellosis • Bacillary angiomatosis (BA): B. henselae and B. quintana • Cat scratch fever/disease (CSF/CSD): B. henselae, B. clarridgeiae • Oroya Fever or Carrion’s disease: B. bacilliforms • Trench fever: B. quintana 4. Ehrlichiosis: E.chaffeensis; E. ewingii; E. canis, Neorickettsia sennetsu and recently described Panola mountain Ehrlichia species genetically closely related to E. ruminantium 5. Borreliosis 6. Lyme Disease: B. burgdorferi sensu lato 7. Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) or Masters’ disease: B. lonestari 8. Louse borne relapsing fever: B. recurrentis 9. Tularemia: Francisella tularensis 10. Q fever 11. Leptospirosis 12. Glanders 13. Mycobacteriosis -Part 1 Classical tuberculosis 14. Mycobacteriosis - Part 2 Zoonotic mycobacteriosis 15. Plague 16. Brucellosis Chapter 5- CHLAMYDIAL AND RICKETTSIAL ZOONOSES 1. Rocky Mountain Spotted fever 2. Indian tick typhus 3. African tick typhus 4. Scrub typhus-O. tsutsugamushi 5. Murine (Epidemic) typhus 6. Rickettsial pox – R. akari Chapter 6- MYCOTIC ZOONOSES Introduction Mycotoxicosis Aspergillosis Blastomycosis Candidiasis Coccidioidomycosis Cryptococcosis Dermatomycosis Histoplasmosis Mucoromycosis Rhinosporidiosis Sporotrichosis Chapter 7-Parasitic zoonoses Epidemiology of parasitic zoonoses A) PROTOZOAL ZOONOSES Trypanosomiasis Amoebiasis Babesiosis Chagas ’ disease Cryptosporidiosis Giardiasisis Leishmaniasis- Cutaneous & Visceral Sarcocystosis Toxoplasmosis B) HELMINTHIC ZOONOSES 1. Trematodiases Epidemiology of fish borne trematodiasis Clonorchiasis Dicroceliasis Echinostoma Fascioliasis Gastrodiscoidiasis Intestinal flukes- Fasciolopsis buski Heterophyiasis Opisthorchiasis Paragonimiasis-Lung fluke 2. Cestodiases Coenurosis Cysticercosis Diphyllobothriasis Dipylidiasis Dipylinum caninum Hydatidosis Taeniasis Rallietina spp. Sparagonosis Hymenolpiasis 3. Nematodiases Fish-borne nematodiasis Ancylostomiasis Anisakiasis Angiostrogylosis Capillariasis Dracunculiasis Gnathostomiasis Larva Migrans Schistosomiasis Trichinellosis Trichostrongylus Toxocariasis Chapter 9- Ectoparasites Louse borne diseases Tick paralysis Zoonotic ectoparasites Chapter 10-Wildlife as Reservoir of Zoonoses • Introduction • Opportunities of contact and transmission • Preventive measures • Preventing wildlife originated zoonoses Chapter 11-Non-human primates as reservoir Chapter 12-Rodents as Reservoir Chapter 13-Bat- natural reservoir of zoonotic viruses Chapter 14-Vectors as carrier of zoonoses ​

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Book SynopsisBehavior is hard to change, especially when habits are well-ingrained into our daily lives and lifestyle. Yet, many people are desperate to change their behaviors, especially when it comes to health-related habits that can contribute to significant health problems.Health Behavior Change: Proven Strategies for a Longer and Healthier Life presents readers with a wide variety of evidence-based best practices in cognitive behavioral therapy that can help individuals change their health behaviors for good. The simple and straightforward workbook features a collection of questions and exercises that inspire thoughtful reflection and action. Dedicated sections of the workbook tackle individual behaviors--including diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking, sleep, and more--allowing readers to focus on topics that are of interest to them. Principles and tools for health behavior change are outlined in each chapter, providing readers with the tools they need to initiate long-term behavioral transformation.Based on Thomas G. Plante's experiences teaching health psychology to college students for over 30 years and treating clinical patients struggling with health behavior efforts for over 40 years, Health Behavior Change is an ideal resource for anyone interested in improving their health and well-being through evidence-based best practices. The workbook is also a useful tool for clinicians treating patients who wish to make behavioral-based health changes in their lives.

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to build concepts and create a solid foundation in the field of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for the general ophthalmologists as well as for the resident trainees and fellows. The chapters are written by leading international authorities in a style comprehensible to a broad audience. Numerous clinical pictures and SD-OCT scans help elucidate various clinical entities.OCT is the optical analog of ultrasound imaging and has emerged as a powerful imaging technique that enables non-invasive, in-vivo, high-resolution, cross-sectional imaging in retinal tissue. A new generation spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) technology has now been developed, representing a quantum leap in resolution and speed, achieving in vivo optical biopsy. i.e. the visualization of tissue architectural morphology in situ and in real time. This book encompasses the role of SD-OCT in both medical and surgical macular disorders. The book is meant coherent and comprehensive for both vitreoretinal specialists as well as general ophthalmologists.Trade Review“The main strengths of this book include an unparalleled collection of unique images with a high accuracy of interpretation, full coverage and detailed explanation of the topic by experts, and up-to-date knowledge of the field. Perhaps a weakness is minor redundancy of disease entities in different chapters by different authors. … this book is well suited for clinicians, clinical scientists, imaging experts, and anyone interested in OCT technology development.”(Igor Kozak, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Vol. 257, 2019) ​Table of ContentsOptical coherence tomography: Basic principles of image analysis .- Normal Macula: Focus on IS-OS junction, external limiting membrane and choroidal thickness .- Diabetic Macular Edema.- Retinal Vein Occlusion.- Retinal Artery Occlusion .- Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration .- Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration .- Polypoidal Disease .- Optical Coherence Tomography in Age-related Macular Degeneration Pharmacotherapy .- Juxtafoveal Telangiectasia .- Central Serous Chorioretinopathy .- Idiopathic Epiretinal membranes .- Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome .- Idiopathic Macular Hole .- Surgery for Choroidal Neovascular Membrane and Macular Translocation .- Macula after Retinal Detachment Surgery .- Myopic Foveoschisis.- Retinal Degenerations and Dystrophies .- Retinal and Choroidal Inflammation .- Optic Disc Pit Maculopathy .- Retinopathy of Prematurity .- Posterior Segment Trauma .- Ocular Oncology .- Miscellaneous Retinal Disorders .- Three Dimensional Imaging in Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography .- Intraoperative OCT .- Ultra High Resolution OCT

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Book SynopsisHealth services can and should be improved by applying research findings about best practice. Yet, in Knowledge to Action?, the authors explore why it nevertheless proves notoriously difficult to implement change based on research evidence in the face of strong professional views and complex organizational structures. The book draws on a large body of evidence acquired in the course of nearly fifty in-depth case studies, following attempts to introduce evidence-based practice in the UK NHS over more than a decade. Using qualitative methods to study hospital and primary care settings, they are able to shed light on why some of these attempts succeeded where others faltered. By opening up the intricacies and complexities of change in the NHS, they reveal the limitations of the simplistic approaches to implementing research or introducing evidence-based health care. A unique synthesis of evidence, the book brings together data from 1,400 interviews with doctors, nurses, and managers, as well as detailed observations and documentary analysis. The authors provide an analysis, rooted in a range of theoretical perspectives, that underlines the intimate links between organizational structures and cultures and the utilization of knowledge, and draws conclusions which will be of significance for other areas of public management. Their findings have implications for the utilization of knowledge in situations where there is a professional tradition working within a politically sensitive blend of public service, managerial accountability, and technical expertise. Knowledge to Action? will be of interest to Academics, Researchers, and Advanced Students of Organizational Behaviour, Public and Health Management, and Evidence-Based Medicine; and also of particular interest to Practitioners, Clinicians, and Public Health Managers concerned with implementing change to clinical practice.Trade ReviewIt represents a breath of fresh air and contains lessons for those both producing and implementing evidence in EBM (Evidence Based Medicine). Although written as an academic book, it's readibility and numerous case studies allow it to drift close to being a 'how to' manual for implementing EBM. British Medicine Journal (BJM) Based on more than 50 studies of attempts to implement evidence based health care in different NHS settings, it provides a comprehensive and thoughtful review... British Medical Journal ...this book is an important advance... Administrative Science QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Studying Complex Organizations in Health Care ; 3. Evidence-Based Health Care and the Implementation Gap ; 4. Research Design: 'Upscaling' Qualitative Research ; 5. The Active Role of Context ; 6. Professional Boundaries and the Diffusion of Innovation ; 7. Knowledge, Credible Evidence, and Utilization ; 8. Knolwedge in Action ; 9. Conclusion: From Evidence to Actionable Knowledge?

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Book SynopsisIt's always been said, Children are not young adults, and the examination of a child needs to be conducted with emphasis on the physiologic differences in a growing child. Clinical Orthopedic Examination of a Child focuses on pediatric examination, a topic not much explored in the regular orthopedic texts. A child's difficulty in verbally expressing his symptoms needs to be kept in mind during the examination, thus the examining surgeon has to be very observant in picking up even minor details that could help in diagnosis. This book serves as an essential companion to orthopedic surgeons, general practitioners, and professionals as well as being a welcome addition in pediatric orthopedic clinics.Key Features Reviews an unexplored topic of Pediatric Orthopedic examination with comprehensive clarity Has an algorithmic approach with step-by-step descriptions, complete with illustrations Provides hTrade ReviewThis book is a systematic and accurate review of the clinical evaluation of the child and adolescent mainly in the outpatient setting that can be highly recommended for the intended audience that includes orthopedic surgeons, family medicine and pediatric practitioners, their trainees, and other allied medical professionals involved in children and adolescent care. The author is fully qualified to write on this subject and is supported by contributors from his institution and others around India. Each chapter covers the relevant history and demonstrates the physical findings for the normal and abnormal area of the skeleton, by using specific tests. Good quality clinical color photographs demonstrate each step of a given test. Almost every known classical and proven clinical physical examination test is covered. The authors avoid the use of ancillary testing such as radiographs, CT scans, and MRIs. At the end of each chapter is a brief reference list and the book ends with a fairly complete index. This book is a useful reference for medical science libraries. Edward Abraham, MD(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1 Approach to a child in the outpatient clinic Chapter 2 Biometric measurements and normal growth parameters in a child Chapter 3 Examination of gait in a child Chapter 4 Evaluation of congenital limb deficiencies Chapter 5 Examination of paediatric shoulder Chapter 6 Examination of paediatric elbow Chapter 7 Examination of paediatric hand and wrist Chapter 8 Examination of a child with birth brachial plexus palsy Chapter 9 Examination of hip joint in a child Chapter 10 Examination of Knee joint in a child Chapter 11 Examination of foot and ankle in a child Chapter 12 Evaluation of spine in a child Chapter 13 Examination of a child with Cerebral Palsy Chapter 14 Peripheral nerve examination in a child Chapter 15 Evaluation of swelling/ tumor in a child Chapter 16 Evaluation of a child with short stature Chapter 17 Evaluation of paediatric limb deformities Chapter 18 Miscellaneous topics

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Book SynopsisAdvanced skin cancer is one that has already metastasized beyond its primary origin, or one that has invaded underlying tissues such that surgical resection either is technically impossible or would lead to an unacceptable functional or cosmetic outcome. These skin cancers present a complex problem that requires the input of multiple specialties to delineate the best management plan. National guidelines utilize the best available data to guide management decisions. However, there is considerable leeway within the guidelines, enabling the ultimate care decision to be molded to best fit each individual patient. This book aims to provide instructional examples of patient cases where the input of the multidisciplinary team is critical in providing the most suitable care plan for the patient.CONTENTS: Melanoma * Squamous Cell Carcinoma * Basal Cell Carcinoma * Cutaneous Lymphoma * Kaposi's Sarcoma * Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans * Merkel Cell Carcinoma * Rare CaTrade Review"...provides an understanding of the depth of decision-making involved by multiple specialists in the field".- Doody's ReviewTable of ContentsMelanoma * Squamous Cell Carcinoma * Basal Cell Carcinoma * Cutaneous Lymphoma * Kaposi’s Sarcoma * Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans * Merkel Cell Carcinoma * Rare Cancer Presentations

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Book SynopsisIngestion of food is a physiological process among heterotrophic organisms to obtain nutrients for survival. The consumption of soil, clay and chalk by humans is labeled as geophagia. Ancient resources and modern references deliver valuable information concerning geophagia and pica in humans. This book takes a consistent, interdisciplinary approach for reviewing this aberrant behavior, crafting its etiology, charting its health effects and identifying the universal traits among the affected population. It puts forward a brief conceptual framework to achieve universality in its definition, history, epidemiology and multiple hypotheses thus help in adopting measures to control this habit.Key Features:1. Systematic and meticulous flow of information on geophagia.2. Guides general practioners, physicians, pediatricians to curb this practice in their patients. 3. A unique and concise treatise covering descriptive and research based work over a crucial health issue of worldwide prevalence.Table of ContentsContents Chapter 1 Introduction of GeophagiaChapter 2 History of GeophagiaChapter 3 Epidemiology of GeophagiaChapter 4 Etiology of GeophagiaChapter 5 Ill Effects of Geophagia on Nutritional Status of Preschool Children

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