Suitable for students preparing for a career in allied health, this text does not assume any prior science knowledge on the part of the student and effectively presents students with the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology. It also highlights the relationships between structure and function of bo[...]

The acclaimed abdominal operations book - now in full color for the first time "Maingot's Abdominal Operations" has built a well-deserved reputation as the most complete, current, and trusted resource among general, colerectal, and gastrointestinal surgeons. The unsurpassed abdominal surgery compani[...]

The Eighth Edition continues to present material in short chapters organized thematically into nine separate sections. Shorter chapters are less daunting and more "digestible" for most students. Furthermore, they offer the professor a greater degree of flexibility so that the order in which chapters[...]

McGraw-Hill's Connect Mass Communication combines contemporary course content and groundbreaking digital tools to create a unique learning environment. -A new bank of CNN videos helps students learn the impact of media through a cultural and global lens. -Media Literacy Worksheets and Media Literacy[...]

Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with "Learning Outcomes, " an "Issue Summary, " an "Introduction, " and an "Exploring the Issue" section f[...]

Andy invites George home, and there he meets the captivating Mirabel, Andy's former fiancee. George has been a teacher, but ill health has deprived him of his career and confidence, and he has retrained as a postman. This chance encounter, and others that follow, have the potential to shift George's[...]

Edwin Fisher is on holiday at the English seaside - but this revisiting of childhood haunts is no ordinary holiday. Edwin is seeking to understand the failure of his marriage to Meg, but it turns out that her parents are staying at the same resort - whether by accident or design - and are keen to pa[...]

Brings together the integrative set of computational problem solving tools important to biomedical engineers. This book integrates principles and techniques of numerical analysis. It covers the biomechanical phenomena and physiologic, cell and molecular systems. It is also supported by Whitaker foun[...]

Consideration of interactions between decisions made at one point in the supply chain and its effects on the subsequent stages is the core concept of a systems approach. This book applies this systems approach to the handling of fruits and vegetables. It helps in understanding the economic and physi[...]

Helps you to create affordable solid fuel blends that will burn efficiently while reducing the carbon footprint. This book includes discussions on such topics as flame structure and combustion performance, boiler efficiency, capacity as influenced by flue gas volume and temperature, slagging and fou[...]

Highlights typical preparative methods for a range of polymer types. This book presents practical laboratory procedures for a selection of syntheses that are representative of a given class of starting materials and polymerization techniques. It aims to save on tedious literature searching when plan[...]

This practical, student-focused text shows how to focus all of an organization's resources on continuous and simultaneous improvement of quality and productivity -- thereby continually improving both performance and competitiveness. QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE: INTRODUCTION TO T[...]