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The numbers of physician-scientists (PSs) who conduct patient-oriented (i.e., clinical) research (CR) are declining; thus, public health care and research is in serious jeopardy. In order to...

For physicians, encountering a patient's death can be complex and may involve issues of personal meaning and emotional connection. As meaning and connection shape experiences, so experiences shape...

By the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique, films of precise thickness and controlled molecular architecture and order can be obtained. In spite of the large number of applications of LB films,...

Physiotherapy after StrokeAuthor: Birgitta LanghammerPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 22, 2008Number of Pages: 88 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Phytoplankton Pigments in Lake BaikalAuthor: Susanne FietzPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Mar 27, 2008Number of Pages: 204 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Marko Tajcevic (1900-1984) is one of the most celebrated composers from the former Yugoslavia. The most important influence on his music - folkmusic tradition of his country - is evident in a number...

The gallium arsenide (GaAs) circuits in advanced communication application have been considered to profoundly supersede the con-ventional silicon-based counterpart. Great improvements in the...

In a documentation of the set and costume design for Clifford Odets' Rocket to the Moon (produced by the University of Calgary and per-formed at the University Theatre in Calgary, Alberta Canada in...

This collection contributes to the fields of asset pricing and financial market microstructure. Two essays study the continuous double auction (CDA), the operating mode of all major stock exchanges...

Piero Sraffa (1898-1983): who was this Italian economist mostly un-known for the big public, who characterized the European thought not merely in political economy, but also in philosophy and...

Piety and PoliticsAuthor: Ann KullPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Nov 10, 2008Number of Pages: 316 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639083148ISBN-13: 9783639083149

Pin Fin Heat Transfer SurfacesAuthor: Naser SahitiPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Feb 18, 2008Number of Pages: 156 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The stories of roughneck pirates roaming the decks of black-flagged vessels have fascinated readers of all ages since their early beginnings and have shaped today's common conception of pirate life...

It has often been suggested that identities created online are fragmented bits of the self, cycled through and easily discarded. The focus has often been on the creation of the digital persona and...

The theory of attachment has been an area of great interest and experimentation in the field of psychology. The theory and research of attachment to place has been an area of study in environmental...

Gestational diabetes, the most frequent pregnancy complication in the United States, puts mother and infant at risk for serious medical problems that can have lifelong sequelae. Maternal glucose...

Planning on the EdgeAuthor: Jaydan TaitPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jun 17, 2008Number of Pages: 184 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639013778ISBN-13:...

Plant Functional Traits along altitudinal GradientsAuthor: Thomas KiebacherPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jun 16, 2008Number of Pages: 108 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Forest tent caterpillars (Malacosoma disstria) are ubiquitous defo-liating insects in North America. In Canada, trembling aspen is their favourite host tree, which can produce an inducible protein,...

Who is not afraid of the dentist? Or to be more specific who is not afraid of the dental drill? Caries is a common ailment, that is caused by bacteria in dental plaque. Cavities will form when you do...

Plasmonic Control of Optical Properties of Metal FilmsAuthor: Pramodha MarthandamPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 15, 2008Number of Pages: 80 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

This book was written almost 3 years ago but it could have been written yesterday. Card fraud and internet fraud has to this day so much relevance to our daily lives. Banks have spent billions on new...

This book studies optimal pricing, variety and commitment by plat-forms operating in markets, which combine a two-sided structure with a vertical relationship. The first essay analyzes the choice of...

Platinum is the main active component in catalytic converters for exhaust gas treatment and in gas sensors. The catalytic oxidation activity of platinum particles might be influenced by the presence...

Traditional interpretations of Plato regard him either as an enemy of the imagination in his views of philosophic discussion, or as a purveyor of imaginative lies in his authoritarian and...

Plausibility of Databases and the Relation to Imputation MethodsAuthor: Heinrich FritzPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Mar 17, 2008Number of Pages: 96 pagesBinding: Paperback...

Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists is a Ph.D. dissertation that aims to analyse men and masculinities in political demonstrations and similar manifestations by conceptualising and analytically...

Playing Politics-Why the U.S. Government Inadequately Communicates Spanish-language Disaster InformationAuthor: Brooke Fisher LiuPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jul 13,...

Image-Based Rendering is the task of generating novel views from existing images. Given a set of images showing a scene from different view-points, the main focus is to compute images for new...

Poincar? duality pairs of dimension n (PDn-pairs) are homotopy generalisations of n-manifolds with boundary. In particular, PD3-pairs represent the homotopy theory of 3-manifolds with boundary...