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Empty Space

Author : M. John Harrison

Publisher : Hachette UK

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 40,58 MB

Release : 2012-07-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0575096330

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Book Description

EMPTY SPACE is a space adventure. We begin with the following dream: An alien research tool the size of a brown dwarf star hangs in the middle of nowhere, as a result of an attempt to place it equidistant from everything else in every possible universe. Somewhere in the fractal labyrinth beneath its surface, a woman lies on an allotropic carbon deck, a white paste of nanomachines oozing from the corner of her mouth. She is neither conscious nor unconscious, dead nor alive. There is something wrong with her cheekbones. At first you think she is changing from one thing into another - perhaps it's a cat, perhaps it's something that only looks like one - then you see that she is actually trying to be both things at once. She is waiting for you, she has been waiting for you for perhaps 10,000 years. She comes from the past, she comes from the future. She is about to speak... EMPTY SPACE is a sequel to LIGHT and NOVA SWING, three strands presented in alternating chapters which will work their way separately back to this image of frozen transformation.



Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract E-Book

Author : Charles J. Yeo

Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences

Page : 2628 pages

File Size : 29,57 MB

Release : 2012-07-26

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1455738077

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Book Description

Comprehensive and complete, Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract delivers the definitive, clinically oriented, cutting-edge guidance you need to achieve optimal outcomes managing the entire spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders. Make effective use of the latest endoscopic, robotic, and minimally invasive procedures as well as medical therapies with unbeatable advice from a "who’s who" of international authorities! Find expert answers to any clinical question in gastrointestinal surgery, from the esophagus to the colon. See exactly what to look for and how to proceed from an abundance of beautifully detailed intraoperative and laparoscopic photographs.





Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Author : Davina Porock

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 24,50 MB

Release : 2006-02-03

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0470031654

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Book Description

This text is a primer on the care of the patient with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, for nurses who may not have experience in this demanding speciality. The book begins with a comprehensive look at the issues and scope of the frequently used term "quality of life". Chapters two and three take an in-depth look at the impact of cancer on the individual and the family. Chapters four to six then introduce the principal aspects of cancer as a disease from both a medical and nursing perspective, beginning with cancers of the aerodigestive tract through to lower gastrointestinal cancers. Chapter seven covers the role of nutrition in the prevention of cancer and the nutritional management of patients with cancer. Chapters eight and nine provide a guide to the management of patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy in order to familiarize the gastroenterology nurse with what may lie ahead for the patient. The final chapter outlines the principles of symptom management and palliative care for integration into patient care throughout the course of cancer.



Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics

Author : Jean Bertoin

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 11,89 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Mathematics

ISBN : 9780521646321

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Book Description

This 1996 book is a comprehensive account of the theory of Lévy processes; aimed at probability theorists.