IT is a great pleasure to be able unreservedly to recommend any book-and this is one of those occasions. To the physician or rheumatologist this small volume outlines precisely what can be expected from the various modes of imaging on patients suffering from bone or joint disease. To the radiologist it presents clearly the requirements of the clinician. The chapters are well chosen. The illustr...

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The research and best practices in information literacy instruction indicate that instruction is more effective when embedded , integrated, and assessed within the context of the course curriculum. This pedagogical approach to library instruction requires close collaboration with teaching faculty, and it is these collab-orative methods of information literacy assessment that Thomas P. Mackey an...

Except for W.J.Hutchins books, no other book gives such a wide overview of the major concepts of machine translation (MT) and machine-aided translation (MAT). Indeed this volume of 300 pages presents (almost all) the major translation approaches argued with linguistic and technical implications for each kind of application. Moreover neighbouring concepts that are spontaneously involved in MT/MA...

It remains the most commonly performed gynaecological procedure in the United Kingdom and is still normally carried out under general anaesthetic. There appears to be little reason why the majority can't be performed under local anaesthetic-the subject of this book. The three authors are well known and published in the field of hysteroscopic surgery. The book however has a highly practical side...

maladapted our hunter-gatherer bodies are for the modern times. The chapters on the effects of farming in our diet and, consequently, our jaws and bodies are particularly noteworthy and highly recommended. Finally, the last part explores how our body is coping with our physically comfortable lifestyle with serious consequences to our health and well-being. Age-related disorders notwithstanding,...

THIS manageable volume draws together the current information on double-contrast G.I. radiology in a very readable form. It describes and comments on the techniques necessary (and the re-orientation of the examiner) and provides beautiful and profuse illustrations of what can be achieved. Its description and illustration of normal and abnormal variants is particularly useful for those trying ou...

THIS manageable volume draws together the current information on double-contrast G.I. radiology in a very readable form. It describes and comments on the techniques necessary (and the re-orientation of the examiner) and provides beautiful and profuse illustrations of what can be achieved. Its description and illustration of normal and abnormal variants is particularly useful for those trying ou...

Graduate students today may be faced with the option of writing either a traditional format thesis or a paper format thesis. In contrast to the traditional format in which the text body consists of four or five chapters, the body of the paper format thesis can be comprised of an introductory chapter, two or more papers written as publishable manuscripts, and a conclusion. In this article, an ov...