Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-04-14
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $58.00
Price: $45.35
Review Haptics For Teleoperated Surgical Robotic Systems (New Frontiers in Robotics) / World Scientific Publishing Company:An important obstacle in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) is the significant degradation of haptic feedback (sensation of touch) to the surgeon about surgical instrument s interaction with tissue. This monograph is concerned with devices and methods required for incorporating haptic feedback in master-slave robotic MIS systems. In terms of devices, novel mechanisms are designed including a surgical end-effector (slave) with full force sensing capabilities and a surgeon-robot interface (master) with full force feedback capabilities. Using the master-slave system, various haptic teleoperation control schemes are compared in terms of stability and performance, and passivity-based time delay compensation for haptic teleoperation over a long distance is investigated. The monograph also compares haptic feedback with visual feedback and with substitution for haptic feedback by other sensory cues in terms of surgical task performance. Contents: Introduction; Sensorized Surgical Effector (Slave); Haptic User Interface (Master); Unilateral Teleoperation Control; Bilateral Teleoperation Control; Substitution for Haptic Feedback: Bilateral Teleoperation Control Under Time Delay.
Authors
- Kathy D. Blaney
- Paula R. Howard
Publication date: 2008-01-14
Dewey code: 616
List Price: $61.95
Price: $47.33
Review Basic & Applied Concepts of Immunohematology / Mosby:Clear and accessible, this text addresses the fundamental knowledge and skills you need to work in a blood-banking laboratory. It integrates basic theory - genetics, immunology, and immunohematology - then adds practical, problem-solving exercises. Clinical scenarios and critical thinking exercises help you apply basic concepts to modern transfusion and blood-bank settings. Experienced authors offer a practical "in the trenches" view of life in the laboratory. A clinical application focus relates concepts to practice and offers examples of using theoretical information in the laboratory setting. Coverage of quality control assurance and regulatory issues includes the "whys" in both reagents and equipment. An entire chapter is devoted to basic genetics and immunology coverage. Blood group systems are described in easy-to-follow, student-friendly terms. Illustrations and tables help you understand critical information. A two-color design brightens the text and makes it more reader-friendly. [+]Chapter outlines, review questions, learning objectives, and key terms are included in each chapter, highlighting and reinforcing important material. Critical Thinking exercises ask you to draw conclusions based on a case study. Chapter summaries include a paragraph, table, or box of the essential information. NEW information reflects changes in the field, including:Different types of DNA testing and usesAutomation impact and issuesLatest donor criteria from the AABB and the FDAHepatitis C and HIV NAT testingWest Nile testingBacterial contamination statistics and preventionBone marrow transplant blood usePeripheral stem cell collectionCord blood collection and useMore case studies, examples, and flow charts in the Antibody Detection and Identification chapter help to illustrate principles and practices. Margin Notes are added throughout to reinforce key terms and procedures. More review questions are added for thorough and efficient self-assessment. Expanded Evolve resources include web links, ArchieMD animations, and additional study questions.
Authors
- Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-08-24
Dewey code: 362.19795
List Price: $59.00
Price: $48.00
Review Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action / National Academies Press:Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than 90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, heart, or intestine). "Organ Donation" examines a wide range of proposals to increase organ donation, including policies that presume consent for donation as well as the use of financial incentives such as direct payments, coverage of funeral expenses, and charitable contributions. This book urges federal agencies, nonprofit groups, and others to boost opportunities for people to record their decisions to donate, strengthen efforts to educate the public about the benefits of organ donation, and continue to improve donation systems. "Organ Donation" also supports initiatives to increase donations from people whose deaths are the result of irreversible cardiac failure. This book emphasizes that all members of society have a stake in an adequate supply of organs for patients in need, because each individual is a potential recipient as well as a potential donor.
Authors
- Robert H Fletcher
- Suzanne W Fletcher
Publication date: 2008-03-01
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $48.00
Price: $44.70
Review Epidemiologia Clinica / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins:Esta introducción a Epidemiología ayuda a los estudiantes de medicina, enfermería y farmacia a desarrollar un sistema para observar y evaluar resultados en pacientes de tipo similar y luego utilizar el conocimiento de estos resultados para mejorar la futura atención del paciente. La cuarta edición ha sido rediseñada para mejorar la comprensión con nuevas ilustraciones, herramientas pedagógicas, ejemplos, casillas con resúmenes.
Edition: 3
Publication date: 2009-03-30
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $48.00
Price: $48.00
Review Understanding EKGs: A Practical Approach (3rd Edition) / Prentice Hall:This book was written to assist the novice user in understandin basic EKG interpretation. It is a useful guide to the understanding of abnormal heart rhythms, and the material is presented in a simple, straightforward manner that achieves the understanding of each chapter prior to proceeding to the next chapter. Topics covered in this book include a general overview of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, basic electrophysiology, the electrocardiogram, interpretation of the EKG strip, sinus rhythms, atrial rhythms, junctional rhythms, ventricular rhythms, heart block rhythms, pacemaker rhythms, and assessment and treatment of patients with cardiovascular emergencies. For prehospital care providers, medical students, cardiac care monitor techs, ACLS candidates, nursing professionals, physician assistants, and respiratory therapists.
Creator: R. Edwards
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1995-09-18
Dewey code: 616.0756
List Price: $80.00
Price: $57.03
Review Immunoassays: Essential Data (Essential Data Series) / Wiley:This handy, pocket-sized guide provides quick and easy access to key information on immunoassays, saving readers valuable time. Coverage includes an explanation of terms, classification of assay types, separation techniques, radiolabelled immunoassays, enzyme, fluorescent and chemiluminescent systems, agglutination methods, immunosenors and equipment.
Authors
- Lonnie D. Russell
- John J. Bozzola
Dewey code: 578.45
List Price: $68.95
Price: $48.78
Review Electron Microscopy: Principles and Techniques for Biologists (The Jones and Bartlett Series in Biology) / Jones & Bartlett Publishers:Electron Microscopy covers all of the important aspects of electron microscopy for biologists, including theory of scanning and transmission, specimen preparation, digital imaging and image analysis, laboratory safety and interpretation of images. The text also contains a complete atlas of ultrastructure.
Creator: Dwight K. Oxley
Edition: 5
Publication date: 2001-06
Dewey code: 616.0756
List Price: $64.95
Price: $46.94
Review Jacobs & DeMott Laboratory Test Handbook with Key Word Index / Lexi-Comp, Inc.:The Laboratory Test Handbook, 5th Edition is a valuable addition to your reference library. Extensively revised to reflect contemporary medical practice, this Handbook provides quick access to the most routine and many of the more specialized testing procedures in today's clinical laboratory. -960 clinical laboratory tests - 50 newly introduced -More than 4,000 new citations -200 new or revised tables and graphics -Up to 25 fields of information per test -Acronyms and abbreviations glossary -Key word index provides reference to test result, disease, organ system and syndrome -Alphabetical index arranged by major clinical discipline -More than 12,000 references to the medical literature.
Authors
- Sigurd Wagner
- Vladimir Lumelsky
- Michael Shur
Dewey code: 616
List Price: $46.00
Price: $47.84
Review Sensitive Skin (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems - Vol. 18) / National Academy Press:A study of the principles, methodology and prototypes of sensing skin-like devices and related intelligence and software. "Sensitive skins" are large-area and flexible arrays of sensors integrated onto the entire surface of machines. Sensitive skin will endow these machines with the senses of proximity, touch, pressure, temperature, and chemical/biological agents, thus making possible the use of unsupervised machines in unstructured and unpredictable surroundings. Being transducers producing massive data flow, sensitive skin devices will constitute yet another advance in the information revolution.
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2005-02-18
Dewey code: 615.39
List Price: $67.95
Price: $53.01
Review Textbook of Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine / Saunders:This comprehensive book on transfusion practices and immunohematology offers concise, thorough guidelines on the best ways to screen donors, store blood components, ensure safety, anticipate the potentially adverse affects of blood transfusion, and more. It begins with the basics of genetics and immunology, and then progresses to the technical aspects of blood banking and transfusion. Chapters are divided into sections on: Basic Science Review; Blood Group Serology; Donation, Preparation, and Storage; Pretransfusion Testing; Transfusion Therapy; Clinical Considerations; and Safety, Quality Assurance, and Data Management. Developed specifically for medical technologists, blood bank specialists, and residents, the new edition conforms to the most current standards of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). * Expert Opinion essays, written by well-known, frequently published experts, discuss interesting topics of research or new advances in the field. * Important terms are defined in the margins of the pages on which they appear, enabling readers to easily check the meaning of an unfamiliar term where it appears in context. * Margin notes highlight important concepts and points, remind readers of previously discussed topics, offer an alternative perspective, or refer readers to other sources for further information. * Material conforms to the most recent AABB standards for the most accurate, up-to-date information on immunohematology. * Advanced concepts, beyond what is required for entry-level practice, are set apart from the rest of the text so readers can easily differentiate between basic and advanced information.
Authors
- American Book Works
- Cynthia M. Reed
Publication date: 1995-03-10
Dewey code: 616.07561
List Price: $59.20
Price: $45.99
Review Phlebotomist Test Preparation (Brady/Prentice Hall Test Prep) / Prentice Hall:
Authors
- Patricia DeiTos
- Thomas O'Brien
- Kathryn Booth
Publication date: 2007-06-25
Dewey code: 615
Price: $45.50
Review Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel w/Student CD-ROM (Booth, Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel) / Career Education:Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel provides ECG skills training for health care students as well as health care personnel who are interested in mastering additional skills. The text includes the essential skills needed to perform an ECG, including anatomy of the heart, basic characteristics, equipment, appropriate intervention, and other technical applications, such as Holter monitoring and stress testing. Emphasis throughout the text is placed on troubleshooting.
Edition: 4th
Publication date: 1996-01-15
Price: $189.00
Review Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques / Churchill Livingstone:Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, U. K. Fourth edition of a comprehensive clinical reference for trainee and practicing laboratory technologists or for pathologists. Previous edition 1990. New topics include in-situ hybridization and histopathology audit. Halftone illustration, some color plates.
Publication date: 1989-09
Price: $37.95
Review EEG Handbook / Little Brown & Co:
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1997-01-15
List Price: $45.00
Price: $44.91
Review Histotechnology: A Self-Assessment Workbook / American Society Clinical Pathology:Applicants need help preparing for the Board of Registry examinations. To assist them in taking this important step in their careers, the ASCP and NSH have developed the Board of Registry Study Guide: Histotechnology Examinations. It provides aspiring histologic technicians and histotechnologists with an opportunity for self-examination and practice in taking simulated tests. Board of Registry Study Guide: Histotechnology Examinations contains background on the Board of Registry, guidelines for preparing and taking the test, information on the development, content, structure and scoring of the test, as well as practice questions and answers. Also included are several image-based questions. The study guide covers all subject areas encountered on the exam including fixation, laboratory operations, microtomy, processing, and staining. The extensive reading list helps direct students to more information to expand and refine their knowledge. Board of Registry Study Guide: Histotechnology Examinations is an essential text for students preparing for their examinations. It is also valuable to faculty, and officials of histotechnology education programs for its explanation of the structure and scoring of Board of Registry examinations. Partial contents Introduction; Reading List; Certification; ASCP Board of Registry; Technician; Technologist; Applying for the Exam; Deadlines; Eligibility; Preparing; Taking the Examination by Computer; Test Center Procedures; Exam Development; Exam Committee; Criterion-Referenced Testing; Purpose of the Exam; Components of Competency; Question Development; Color Plates and Other Visual Materials; Exam Content Guidelines; Competency Statements-Histologic Technician; Competency Statements-Histotechnologist; Content Outline-Histologic Technician and Histotechnologist; Exam Scoring; Fixation; Laboratory Operations; Microtomy; Processing; Staining; Image-Based Questions; Practice Questions; Answer Key.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1995-01-01
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $58.00
Price: $47.81
Review Microbial Culture (Introduction to Biotechniques) / Garland Science:An introductory text covering all the major groups of microbes with an emphasis on bacteria and fungi.
Creator: Adi Armoni
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1999-12
Dewey code: 362.10285
List Price: $69.95
Price: $65.68
Review Healthcare Information Systems: Challenges of the New Millennium / IGI Global:Healthcare information systems are crucial to the effective and efficient delivery of healthcare, to the performance of healthcare organizations and to patient care and welfare. Medical information systems drive and impact many aspects of the healthcare system, including structure, economics and performance. This study reports on the implementation of these systems, looking at both the success stories as well as the reasons for failure in the design, development and implementation of these systems.
Authors
- Shauna C Anderson
- Keila B Poulsen
Publication date: 2003-08-01
Dewey code: 616.1500222
List Price: $62.95
Price: $46.64
Review Anderson's Atlas of Hematology / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins:Brigham Young Univ. , Provo, UT. Full-color atlas to accompany Anderson's Electronic Atlas of Hematology and Anderson's Electronic Atlas of Hematologic Disorders. High-quality images are combined with in-depth descriptions. Ideal bench-top tool for students and practitioners. Bulleted-outline format. Softcover. DNLM: Hematologic Diseases-pathology-Atlases.
Creator: William C. Mann
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-07-07
Dewey code: 681.761
List Price: $95.95
Price: $73.46
Review Smart Technology for Aging, Disability, and Independence: The State of the Science / Wiley-Interscience:Independent living with smart technologies Smart Technology for Aging, Disability, and Independence: The State of the Science brings together current research and technological developments from engineering, computer science, and the rehabilitation sciences, detailing how its applications can promote continuing independence for older persons and those with disabilities. Leading experts from multiple disciplines worldwide have contributed to this volume, making it the definitive resource. The text begins with a thorough introduction that presents important concepts, defines key terms, and identifies demographic trends at work. Using detailed product descriptions, photographs and illustrations, and case studies, subsequent chapters discuss cutting-edge technologies, including: * Wearable systems * Human-computer interactions * Assisted vision and hearing * Smart wheelchairs * Handheld devices and smart phones * Visual sensors * Home automation * Assistive robotics * In-room monitoring systems * Telehealth After considering specific high-technology solutions, the text examines recent trends in other critical areas, such as basic assistive technologies, driving, transportation and community mobility, home modifications and design, and changing standards of elder care. Students and professionals in the rehabilitation sciences, health care providers, researchers in computer science and engineering, and non-expert readers will all appreciate this text's thorough coverage and clear presentation of the state of the science.
Creator: Bradford L. Sahl
Edition: (PC only) 4th
Publication date: 1996-09-01
Dewey code: 616.075076
List Price: $50.00
Price: $46.99
Review Board of Registry Study Guide: Clinical Laboratory Certification Examinations (Book Only) / American Society Clinical Pathology:Preparing for the Board of Registry examination can be difficult. Board Of Registry Study Guide: Clinical Laboratory Certification Examinations has been developed to assist students in preparing for this important step in their careers. It provides the student with an opportunity for self-examination and practice in taking simulated tests. Board Of Registry Study Guide: Clinical Laboratory Certification Examinations contains background on the Board of Registry, guidelines for preparing and taking the test, information on the development, content, structure and scoring of the test, as well as practice questions and answers. The study guide covers all areas of the laboratory, including microbiology, hematology, chemistry, blood banking, immunology, body fluids, and laboratory operations. The extensive reading list helps direct students to more information to expand and refine their knowledge. Besides students preparing for their examinations, Board Of Registry Study Guide: Clinical Laboratory Certification Examinations is also of interest to faculty, and officials of clinical laboratory education programs wishing to know more about the structure and scoring of Board of Registry examinations.
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