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This book outlines the most updated clinical guidelines that are vital for the prevention infections and care of patients with joint infections following a replacement surgery, one of the highest volu
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This book explores, describes and explains the predictors essential for the acceptance of social media as a digital platform to share professional knowledge in the field of automotive repair in German
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This volume describes a culture-fair perspective on positive psychology research and practice in Latin America. It provides a deep understanding of the ways in which context can affect practice, inter
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Authored by Bengt Källén, professor emeritus in embryology at Lund University in Sweden.??The subject of this book is to describe the occurrence of congenital malformations among children born and wha
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Part of a two-volume set, this title offers detailed insight into all aspects of molecular vaccine development and application. It illustrates the complete process of vaccine development from bench t
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Language can be simultaneously both a support and a hindrance to students’ learning of mathematics. When students have sufficient fluency in the mathematics register so that they can discuss their ide
In its new edition, this book reviews the challenges facing quality assurance and control (QA/QC) in today's biopharmaceutical environment, putting into perspective the need for a graded approach to Q
The 2008 Spring Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Festkörperphysik was held in Berlin, Germany, between February 24 and February 29, 2008 in conjunction with the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikal
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This highly readable text details the findings of an exhaustive series of studies of Israeli combat veterans, documenting the effects of combat stress reaction on mental and physical health, social in
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