Books: 'Patent acquisition'

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Toedt, D. C. 1987 licensing law handbook: Computer software distribution and acquisition issues. New York, N.Y: Clark Boardman Co., 1987.

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Geritz-Dressler, Anja. Patente in Technologie-Orientierten Mergers & Acquisitions: Nutzen, Prozessmodell, Entwicklung und Interpretation semantischer Patentlandkarten. Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden, 2006.

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Lauren, Adamson, and Romski Mary Ann 1952-, eds. Communication and language acquisition: Discoveries from atypical development. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., 1997.

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Inc, Aspatore, ed. Life sciences mergers and acquisitions: Leading lawyers on deal terms, due diligence, and intellectual property considerations. [Boston, Mass.]: Aspatore Books, 2008.

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Office, General Accounting. ADP acquisitions: Patent automation encountering major planning and procurement problems : report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C: GAO, 1986.

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Ewald, Katrin. Computer assisted mnemonic strategy acquisition and tailored memory training approaches: A study with brain injured individuals. Berlin: Logos-Verlag, 1997.

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Office, General Accounting. ADP acquisitions: Immigration and Naturalization Service should terminate its contract & recompete : report to congressional requestors. Washington, D.C: GAO, 1986.

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Judith, Coupe-O'Kane, and Goldbart Juliet, eds. Communication before speech: Normal development and impaired communication. London: Croom Helm, 1988.

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International Conference on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology (6th 2003 Brasília, Brazil). Etica, linguagem e sofrimento. Brasília, DF: ABRAFIPP, 2003.

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Office, General Accounting. ADP acquisitions: SEC needs to resolve key issues before proceeding with its EDGAR system : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1986.

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Estabrooks, Warren. 101 frequently asked questions about auditory-verbal practice. Washington, DC: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 2012.

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Klein, Evelyn R. Focus on function: Gaining essential communication skills. 2nd ed. Austin, Tex: PRO-ED, 2007.

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MacDonald, James D. Communicating partners: 30 years of building responsive relationships with late-talking children including autism, Asperger's syndrome (ASD), Down syndrome, and typical development : development guides for professionals and parents. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

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Carruthers, Hugh G. New patient acquisition: How to "advertise" without advertising! Creativity Publications, 1993.

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Patente in Technologie-Orientierten Mergers & Acquisitions. Wiesbaden: DUV, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-9019-4.

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Linglart, Agnès, and Anne-Sophie Lambert. Approach to the patient with hypocalcaemia. Edited by Robert Unwin. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199592548.003.0038.

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Calcium homeostasis is maintained through a fine balance between calcium absorption, parathyroid hormone secretion and action, vitamin D production and action, cellular compartmentalization of calcium ions, and renal function. Although the extracellular calcium level does not vary with age, the maintenance of calcium faces the significant mineral requirement of skeletal growth and bone mass acquisition during childhood. Acquired or genetic defects in any determinants of blood calcium (i.e. vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcium absorption, etc.) may manifest as hypocalcaemia, especially during childhood/adolescence. The discovery of hypocalcaemia in a patient should trigger two clinical responses: (1) therapy to restore the calcium level to normal and (2) investigations to determine the cause of hypo/hypercalcaemia.

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Glazier, Stephen C. Technology Deals, Case Studies for Officers, Directors, Investors, and General Counsels about IPO's, Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Licensing, ... Due Diligence and Patent Strategies. L B I Law & Business Institute, 2004.

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Glazier, Stephen C. Technology Deals, Case Studies for Officers, Directors, Investors, and General Counsels about IPO's, Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Licensing, ... Due Diligence and Patent Strategies. L B I Law & Business Institute, 2004.

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Mitchell Sommers, Susan. The Good Doctor? Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190687328.003.0009.

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The scattered scholarly treatments of Ebenezer Sibly assert that he took all his enterprises seriously and engaged intellectually and emotionally with astrology, alchemy, freemasonry, Newtonian science, and old-style natural philosophy. They also portray him as an actual practicing physician and surgeon. This chapter argues he was nothing of the sort. A fraudulent physician, he was also a fraudulent husband. This chapter also follows Sibly through bankruptcy with a fabulously crooked lawyer, and legal separation from his third wife. More important for the long term, this chapter also examines his acquisition of a patent for the Solar Tincture, and what that meant for him in terms of personal finances, and more broadly as a marketing device.

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Gamble, Andrew. Patente in technologieorientierten Mergers & Acquisitions: Nutzen, Prozessmodell, Entwicklung und Interpretation semantischer Patentlandkarten ... Deutscher Universitätsverlag, 2006.

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(Editor), Lauren B. Adamson, and Mary Ann Romski (Editor), eds. Communication and Language Acquisition: Discoveries from Atypical Development. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, 1997.

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Sicari, Rosa, Edyta Płońska-Gościniak, and Jorge Lowenstein. Stress echocardiography: image acquisition and modalities. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198726012.003.0013.

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Stress echocardiography has evolved over the last 30 years but image interpretation remains subjective and burdened by the operator’s experience. The objective operator-independent assessment of myocardial ischaemia during stress echocardiography remains a technological challenge. Still, adequate quality of two-dimensional images remains a prerequisite to successful quantitative analysis, even using Doppler and non-Doppler based techniques. No new technology has proved to have a higher diagnostic accuracy than conventional visual wall motion analysis. Tissue Doppler imaging and derivatives may reduce inter-observer variability, but still require a dedicated learning curve and special expertise. The development of contrast media in echocardiography has been slow. In the past decade, transpulmonary contrast agents have become commercially available for clinical use. The approved indication for the use of contrast echocardiography currently lies in improving endocardial border delineation in patients in whom adequate imaging is difficult or suboptimal. Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography is potentially useful but limited by low spatial and temporal resolution. It is possible that these technologies may serve as an adjunct to expert visual assessment of wall motion. At present, these quantitative methods require further validation and simplification of analysis techniques.

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Granner, Deborah Renee. The effects of caffeine on repeated acquisition of behavior following traumatic brain injury. 1991.

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Sabharwal, Nikant, Chee Yee Loong, and Andrew Kelion. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199206445.003.0004.

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Introduction to SPECT 40Specific issues of instrumentation, acquisition and processing 42SPECT reconstruction: filtered back-projection 44SPECT reconstruction: iterative reconstruction 46Image reorientation 46Colour display 46Gated SPECT: acquisition and reconstruction 48Attenuation correction 50Ensuring high quality SPECT 52Planar scintigraphic imaging represents a three-dimensional distribution of counts within a patient as a two-dimensional image. This results in a loss of contrast between the organ of interest and surrounding tissues due to activity in overlying and underlying structures....

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Lameire, Norbert, Wim Van Biesen, and Raymond Vanholder. Overall outcomes of acute kidney injury. Edited by Norbert Lameire. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199592548.003.0237_update_001.

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This chapter describes the overall short- and long-term, mainly non-renal outcomes of patients who suffer from acute kidney injury (AKI). Despite increasing age and greater burden of co-morbidity at the occurrence of AKI, patient mortality shows an overall decline over time. However, relatively ‘mild’ forms of AKI (i.e. defined as an absolute increase in serum creatinine of at least 0.3 mg/dL (26.4 µmol/L)) are associated with statistically significant decreased patient survival. The absolute mortality rates of AKI vary according to the different patient groups studied (intensive care unit, hospital, and population based), differences in parameters used for the criteria of AKI, differences in acquisition of baseline serum creatinine, differences between need of renal replacement therapy or not, and timing of endpoints (in-hospital mortality, 30 days, 60 days, or longer). In many instances, particularly in critically ill patients, AKI occurs in the setting of other diseases, such as sepsis, which are associated with a significant mortality risk. In such cases, AKI appears to amplify the risk of death associated with the underlying disease.

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Williams Syndrome Across Languages (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders). John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2004.

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Goldbart, Juliet, and Judith Coupe O'Kane. Communication Before Speech: Development and Assessment. Fulton Publishers, David, 2016.

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Communication before speech: Normal development and impaired communication. Methuen, 1987.

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Goldbart, Juliet, and Judith Coupe O'Kane. Communication Before Speech: Development and Assessment. Fulton Publishers, David, 2016.

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Goldbart, Juliet, and Judith Coupe O'Kane. Communication Before Speech: Development and Assessment. Fulton Publishers, David, 2016.

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Fulton. Communication before Speech: Development and Assessment. David Fulton Publish, 1998.

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Narang, Sanjeet, Alison Weisheipl, and Edgar L. Ross, eds. Surgical Pain Management. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199377374.001.0001.

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Surgical Pain Management is a guide of surgical techniques and the perioperative management of the unique needs of chronic pain patients who are potential candidates for implantable and unique invasive therapies. This book provides the pain practitioner and the staff needed to support a implant program essential step-by-step information and resources to assist with surgical and anesthetic management, patient selection, considerations for device selection, pre-incision management, patient education, incision-onward surgical techniques, wound closure, common intraoperative complications and their management, and postoperative management including potential complications and systematic approaches to trouble shoot stimulator and pump malfunction, technology guide comparing capabilities of the leading stimulator manufacturers and a resource guide to the acquisition of intrathecal medications and admixtures. This book also provides the needed resources to develop a dedicated interdisciplinary implant team capable of managing a implant program, suggestions for surgical instrument kits, considerations for antibiotic prophlaxis, and ensuring quality improvement via FDA reporting mechanisms. X-rays, photographs and case studies are used throughout the book to facilate understanding of discussion points.

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Goldbart, Juliet, and Judith Coupe O'Kane. Communication Before Speech: Development and Assessment. Fulton Publishers, David, 2016.

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Goldbart, Juliet, and Judith Coupe O'Kane. Communication Before Speech: Development and Assessment. Fulton Publishers, David, 2016.

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Stirrup, James, Michelle Williams, Russell Bull, and Ed Nicol, eds. Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198809272.001.0001.

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Recent years have seen a marked increase in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) imaging, with the technique now integrated into many imaging guidelines, including those published by NICE. Rapid clinical and technological progress has created a need for guidance on the practical aspects of CT image acquisition, analysis, and interpretation. The Oxford Specialist Handbook of Cardiovascular CT, now revised for the second edition by practising international experts with many years of hands-on experience, is designed to fulfil this need. The handbook is a practical guide on performing, analysing, and interpreting cardiovascular CT scans, covering all aspects from patient safety to optimal image acquisition to differential diagnoses of tricky images. The format is designed to be accessible and is laid out in easy to navigate sections. It is meant as a quick-reference guide, to live near the CT scanner, workstation, or on the office shelf.

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Pappas, Michael G. The Biotech Entrepreneur's Glossary: Including Terms In Accounting, Biotechnology, Business, Computers, Fund Acquisition, Human Resources, Law, Patents, Marketing And Sales - With Eight Appendices. M.G. Pappas & Company, 1998.

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Droogmans, Steven, Alessandro Salustri, and Bernard Cosyns. Storage and report. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198726012.003.0005.

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Digital storage and structured reporting of an echocardiographic examination lead not only to increased quality of the image acquisition process, an understandable and clinically relevant exam report, but even more importantly to improved patient care. This chapter first describes the many advantages of a digital echocardiographic laboratory and then in a second part how to report the results of a complete echocardiogram, including mandatory items, recommended items, findings and measurements, comments, and conclusions, emphasizing the main findings of the diagnosis and the severity of the heart disease.

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Sanghani, Rupa Mehta, and Kim Allan Williams. Radionuclide Angiography. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199392094.003.0005.

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This chapter discusses the technique and use of radionuclide angiography with planar and tomographic imaging. Planar techniques have given way to tomographic imaging in recent years. An overview of RNA is given, including technical issues such as radiopharmaceutical administration, and performance aspects including image acquisition and data interpretation. First-pass RNA (FPRNA), gated planar equilibrium RNA (ERNA) and gated tomographic equilibrium blood pool imaging (GBP-SPECT) are discussed in detail. The use of RNA in select patient populations, including coronary artery disease, valvular disease and for monitoring chemotherapy is discussed. In addition, the use of RNA for the assessment of dyssynchrony is discussed.

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ADP acquisitions: OCC's procurement of laser printers is proper but ADP statutes apply : report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1987.

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Arulkumaran, Nishkantha, and Maurizio Cecconi. Cardiac output assessment in the ICU. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0136.

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Haemodynamic monitoring facilitates effective resuscitation and the rapid assessment of the response to time-dependent vasoactive and fluid therapyin different shock states. Since the introduction of the pulmonary artery catheter, several minimally and non-invasive CO monitoring devices have been introduced to provide continuous monitoring and a dynamic profile of fluid responsiveness. Several of these monitors provide additional haemodynamic parameters including dynamic indices of preload and volumetric indices. Patient outcome is dependent accurate acquisition and interpretation of data and subsequent management. Whilst data from CO monitors offer valuable information on global hamodynamics, they do not preclude tissue hypoperfusion. Furthermore, there is no ‘ideal’ CO value for an individual patient, and the trend in haemodynamic parameters in response to therapy may be more informative than the absolute values. CO monitoring should be based upon the patient’s needs, the clinical scenario, and the experience of the treating physician.

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Gugino, Laverne D., Rafael Romero, Marcella Rameriz, Marc E. Richardson, and Linda S. Aglio. TMS in the perioperative period. Edited by Charles M. Epstein, Eric M. Wassermann, and Ulf Ziemann. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198568926.013.0020.

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Two stimulation approaches developed for selectively exciting descending motor pathways are, transcranial electrical (TES) and transcranial magnetic (TMS) stimulation. This article highlights the comparison between electrical and magnetic transcranial stimulation. Magnetic stimulation is relatively painless; therefore it is the more preferred technique. The article reviews the use of TMS for monitoring the functional integrity of the descending motor systems during surgery and discusses the potential role of TMS in the preoperative period for conscious patients planning to undergo neurosurgical procedures involving the cerebral cortex. Selective monitoring of spinal cord motor function involves acquisition of TMS-induced epidural and/or myogenic responses. As patients are generally given anesthesia before spinal cord surgeries, this article discusses the effect of general anesthetic agents on the myogenic responses.

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Fernández, Miguel Ángel García, and José Juan Gómez de Diego. Transthoracic echocardiography/two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198726012.003.0002.

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The echocardiogram is an extremely useful technique that gives all relevant information on morphology and function of the heart in a wide range of clinical situations. The very first step in echo is how to achieve the images needed for the cardiac evaluation. This chapter covers the basics of echo imaging acquisition including patient positioning and the pivotal concepts of echocardiographic window and view. The two-dimensional echo planes are carefully explained with a detailed description of the cardiac structures that can be studied in every view. The clinical scenarios where a specific imaging mode or orientation could be especially useful are also detailed. Finally M-mode imaging is covered, including detailed explanations of the habitual findings in normal studies.

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Sabharwal, Nikant, Parthiban Arumugam, and Andrew Kelion. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: image interpretation. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198759942.003.0009.

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This chapter focuses on image interpretation in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. It covers planar acquisitions, the general approach to reporting single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images, and both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of tomographic slices. Detail is also provided on gated SPECT and attenuation correction, as well as a range of artefacts including image, instrumentation-related, and patient-related artefacts. Information is provided on abnormal appearances in coronary artery disease, perfusion defects, and indirect markers of severe coronary artery disease. The chapter also covers interpretation in left ventricular dysfunction and appearances in non-coronary cardiac disease, and includes a section on writing a useful report.

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Chen, Ji. Phase Analysis for Dyssynchrony by MPI and MUGA. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199392094.003.0022.

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Fourier phase analysis can be used to assess dyssynchrony from nuclear images, such as multi-gated acquisition (MUGA) radionuclide angiography, gated blood-pool SPECT, and gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging. This chapter reviews the technical background of Fourier phase analysis with these imaging modalities and demonstrates how it measures ventricular dyssynchrony. The major clinical application of ventricular dyssynchrony assessment is to improve response to cardiac resynchronization (CRT) in patients with heart failure. This chapter introduces the current practice of CRT and the potential factors related to CRT response, and then reviews the clinical studies of the above phase analysis techniques for increasing CRT response.

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Harrod, Molly, Sanjay Saint, and Robert W. Stock. Building the Team. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190671495.003.0003.

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The team structure as a model for organizing work has in recent years won broad acceptance in industry, with studies demonstrating that teams performing high-intensity tasks make fewer mistakes than individual workers. This comports with modern educational theory, which tends to identify two basic varieties of learning: knowledge acquisition, which enables the individual to reproduce the information studied, and knowledge gained through participation in a dynamic community or team. Team learning is beneficial for hospitals where collaboration among clinicians is so vital. The attendings used multiple strategies to build and maintain team relationships. The attendings’ definition of the team extended beyond the learners and included other medical specialists. Attendings view the care of a patient as the team’s responsibility and not just that of the primary provider.

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Welton, Jude. What Did You Say? What Do You Mean?: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding Metaphors. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

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Zamarian, L., and Margarete Delazer. Arithmetic Learning in Adults. Edited by Roi Cohen Kadosh and Ann Dowker. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199642342.013.007.

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Neuroimaging has significantly contributed to our understanding of human learning by tracking the neural correlates underlying the acquisition of new expertise. Studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) suggest that the acquisition of arithmetic competence is reflected in a decrease of activation in frontal brain regions and a relative increase of activation in parietal brain regions that are important for arithmetic processing. Activation of the angular gyrus (AG) is related to fact learning, skilled retrieval, and level of automatization. fMRI investigations extend the findings of cognitive studies showing that behavioural differences between trained and untrained sets of items, between different arithmetic operations, and between different training strategies are reflected by specific activation patterns. fMRI studies also reveal inter-individual differences related to arithmetic competence, with low performing individuals showing lower AG activation when answering calculation problems. Importantly, training attenuates inter-individual differences in AG activation. Studies with calculation experts suggest that different strategies may be used to achieve extraordinary performance. While some experts recruit a more extended cerebral network compared with the average population, others use the same frontoparietal network, but more efficiently. In conclusion, brain imaging studies on arithmetic learning and expertise offer a promising view on the adaptivity of the human brain. Although evidence on functional or structural modifications following intervention in dyscalculic patients is still scarce, future studies may contribute to the development of more efficient and targeted rehabilitation programmes after brain damage or in cases of atypical numerical development.

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Limaye, Ajit P., and Lynne Strasfeld. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199938568.003.0200.

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Chapter 2 focuses on the solid organ transplantation (SOT). The Solid organ transplantation (SOT) is undertaken to restore organ function for patients with failing or end-stage disease of the liver, heart, lung, kidneys, and/or pancreas or to re-establish function in patients with short gut or other disorders of the intestinal tract. Organ transplantation requires lifelong maintenance immune suppression to prevent organ rejection. Infection can be related to donor transmission, reactivation from latency in the recipient, or acquisition de novo post-transplant. The evaluation of suspected infection in SOT recipients is guided by the clinical presentation, with likelihood shaped by prophylaxis strategies, host factors, and exposure history. Prompt evaluation is critical, often requiring multimodality imaging, microbiologic testing with cultures and molecular diagnostics, and invasive diagnostics or biopsy. The chapter concludes that, through use of biomarkers and indicators of pathogen-specific immune competence as well as better laboratory assessment of overall immune competence, a more granular identification of those SOT recipients at highest risk for infection will allow for optimization of prophylaxis and other infection prevention strategies.

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Badano, Luigi P., and Denisa Muraru. Assessment of right heart function and haemodynamics. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199599639.003.0011.

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Assessment of right ventricular (RV) size, function, and haemodynamics has been challenging because of its unique cavity geometry. Conventional two-dimensional assessment of RV function is often qualitative. Doppler methods involving tricuspid inflow and pulmonary artery flow velocities, which are influenced by changes in pre- and afterload conditions, may not provide robust prognostic information for clinical decision making. Recent advances in echocardiographic assessment of the RV include tissue Doppler imaging, speckle-tracking imaging, and volumetric three-dimensional imaging, but they need specific training, expensive dedicated equipment, and extensive clinical validation. However, assessment of RV function is crucial, especially in patients with signs of right-sided failure and those with congenital or mitral valve diseases. This chapter aims to address the role of the various echocardiographic modalities used to assess RV and pulmonary vascular bed function. Special emphasis has been placed on technical considerations, limitations, and pitfalls of image acquisition and analysis.

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Nimmo, Graham, and Ben Shippey. Clinical skills in critical care. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0013.

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This chapter provides a framework for the learning and teaching of both technical and non-technical skills. There is a deliberate weighting towards decision-making and behavioural skills because of their prevalence in practice, the importance of delivering them reliably, and the need to increase their profile in our wards, classrooms, skills centres, and curricula. The practice of clinical intensive care requires the application of a huge range of clinical skills each of which has its own knowledge base and where each necessitates the acquisition of a technique. It is necessary to consider the application of these skills in the ‘messy’, sometimes chaotic environment of the intensive care unit where multiple critically-ill patients are simultaneously requiring individual input and at the same time relatives require support, learners need teaching, and time and attention are invested in the crucial processes of audit, quality improvement and research.

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