Iranian Journal of Pediatrics lost a famous Editorial Board member and the Iranian medical community lost a leader on 27th March 2013, with the death of Prof. Mohsen Ziai, at age 86. Prof. Ziai was highly respected and widely regarded as a giant in pediatrics, not only in Iran, but in the U.S. as well. Numerous textbooks teach pediatrics but no book is written on how to become a noble, dedicate...

There are many situations in our everyday life where we look for answers to some questions “Who wrote this book?”, “How to grill a fish?” or “Where is the Opera House located?”. Twenty years ago to answer these questions people were looking them up in the encyclopedias, recipe books or were asking other people. Moving the information into the electronic form and making it universally access...

Based on a semester-long seminar on the topic, this book aims to fill a gap in the current engineering curricula by taking a wide-angle view at the process of engineering design rather than focusing on a more narrow and indepth approach. As part of Artech House Publishers' technology management and professional development library, this is an excellent introduction to the topic and may serve fo...

Time to lose myself in a book is a rare delight for me and so I am always overjoyed when I discover a good read. I was privileged to serve in the Clinton administration and was particularly fascinated by this account. Harris, a former White House correspondent, paints a page-turning picture of a president who, whatever his human frailties, showed genuine courage in the decisions that he made an...

We have known Pye's Surgical Handicraft since the time it was first published in the faroff days of 1884. We have seen many of the subsequent editions and now we have the eighth edition before us, fully revised and edited by Mr. Clayton G-reene, of St. Mary's Hospital. It is a splendid book and one of utmost value to the young practitioner, the House surgeon, and the student. The new edition has

‘‘A nd hope, we all agreed, is the best thing in the world’’ concludes A House in the Sky, the riveting chronicle of Amanda Lindhout’s journey from her childhood home in Alberta, Canada, to her kidnapping and torture in Somalia to her founding the Global Enrichment Foundation. This conclusion is fitting as in A House in the Sky, Lindhout and Corbett give their readers the gift of hope. I starte...

clinical emphasis that busy practicing physicians, house physicians, or medical students usually want. If the book is to have a second edition, it could have its clinical focus improved by joint authorship with a geriatrician with experience and interest in nutrition. Despite this limitation, there is much to be gained by a careful reading, and it is recommended to all who care for elderly pers...

The COVID-19 has affected all walks of life. For China's publishing industry, everything been changed from production to consumption, different links in the industrial chain various product types, and operating modes organizational structures. In 2020, book industry experienced its first negative growth 20 years. total number new varieties declined, bookstores have suffered an enormous impact, ...

Eva Cox was a founder member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby, and has been Convenor of the Women’s Economic Thinktank since 1989. A sociologist, lecturer, and previously Director of the NSW Council of Social Service, she is a frequent commentator on social policy areas, and delivered the 1995 Boyer Lectures. Her book Leading Women (Random House, 1996) further explores issues raised in this paper...