Recent ideas and experimental studies suggest that the relationship between parasitism and host behaviour has been a powerful shaping force in the evolution not only of behaviour patterns themselves but, through them, of morphology and population and community dynamics. This book brings together recent work across the disciplines of parasitology and animal behaviour which is revealing the fundamental role of parasitism in the evolution of behaviour. behaviour from pathology and epidemiology to strategies of exploitation and counter exploitation. In doing so the book will traverse the...

This is a teacher's guide to NEAB Science Higher (linear) course which is designed to help students prepare for their GCSEs and explains exactly what is required by the syllabus and the examination papers. It has syllabus tables which set out the topics the student needs to cover and provides space to record what has been learnt and what has been revised. Key facts are listed alongside the appropriate tables for each syllabus section.

All those in need of a reliable clinical primer on the disorders and diseases that may affect the gastrointestinal tract in neonates and children will welcome this textbook. The points relevant for diagnosis and treatment of a full range of problematic conditions.

Nick Losseff and his team of contributors provide the reader, whether consultant, trainee neurologist, or neurological rehabilitation nurse, with interdisciplinary perspectives on how to rehabilitate patients. Highlighting the special skills required for the effective rehabilitation of stroke patients, they take the reader from bedside to rehabilitation center to the patient's home. Emphasis is placed on the need for multidisciplinary approach among all workers and the patient and how to evaluate the outcomes. Neurological Rehabilitation of Stroke offers a simplified, multidisciplinary...

Written by an internationally distinguished team, this second edition of Peripheral Vascular Stenting brings together a combination of all the current evidence-based information with personal experience. The book describes the anatomy of peripheral vasculature and presents the details of interventional techniques for peripheral arterial disease.

Chronic hepatitis B and C affect 520 million people worldwide, and are a major cause of chronic liver disease and of mortality, despite the efficacy of the vaccine. Hepatitis B and C: Management and Treatment provides a practical explanation of the natural history and management of the disease, and examines the benefits of the most recent drugs, and their effect, whether used in isolation or as part of a combination therapy. This second edition expands the coverage of treatment of various difficult-to-treat patients and will be a welcome guide to the physician in both clinical decision-making...

As a well balanced and fully illustrated introductory text, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the physical, technological and social components of natural disaster. The main disaster-producing agents are reviewed systematically in terms of geophysical processes and effects, monitoring, mitigation and warning. The relationship between disasters and society is examined with respect to a wide variety of themes, including damage assessment and prevention, hazard mapping, emergency preparedness, the provision of shelter and the nature of reconstruction. Medical emergencies and the...

An introduction to "ISDN" which brings the technology up-to-date, incorporating developments in "ATM," "SDH" and Broadband "ISDN." This book is suitable for self-learning communications professionals and applied courses in communications management and technology, and advanced undergraduates and graduates in computing and electronics.

This third edition contains 360 multiple choice questions arranged as practice papers of 90 questions each. The format is that used for the examination for Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.