Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook


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Standards and Labeling Policy Book


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Guía práctica de pragmática del español


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Guía práctica de pragmática del español es un texto introductorio en español. Ofrece introducciones accesibles a una importante variedad de teorías y conceptos imprescindibles en el campo de la pragmática del español. El libro contiene 22 capítulos divididos en seis secciones que cubren: actos de habla, formas de tratamiento, cortesía y descortesía, comunicación y persuasión, discurso digital, metodología en pragmática. Los diferentes capítulos incluyen ejemplos tomados de la comunicación cara a cara y en línea, lecturas (recomendadas y complementarias), y preguntas y actividades que toman como punto de partida diferentes variedades del español y diferentes contextos sociales, culturales y/o políticos en el mundo hispanohablante. Constituye un recurso valioso para estudiantes de pragmática y lingüística hispánica, tanto hablantes nativos como estudiantes de español avanzado.




Sweetened Concentrated Milk Products


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Sweetened Concentrated Milk Products: Science, Technology, and Engineering provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on different SCM products, delving into the production processes for each. Written by international experts, this book discusses existing information on concentrated milk and its more commercial forms, including evaporated and condensed milks. Other products detailed in this text include dulce de leches, such as sweetened caramelized goat's milk, panelitas de leche (milk panels), and various milk-based delicacies. The book presents the definition, main characteristics, common defects, and elaboration process for each commercial form. In addition, the book includes lifetime calculation data and results of the addition of whey into milk candies. Lastly, it provides information on the quality parameters which all SCMs must meet, including experimental design and application examples in SCM research and development. This is a vital resource for researchers and practitioners in dairy science with interests and work in SCM product formulation, technology, and seeking solutions for their defects. - Offers the most current data and information on sweetened, concentrated milk products - Discusses formulations, technology, product defects and solutions for each SCM product - Includes examples of experimental design and applications of innovative processes for those working in SCM research and development




The Art of Pregnancy


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The Art of Pregnancy is a book every pregnant woman should have. It’s a book written in a subtle and pleasant prose, like a friendly conversation from one Mom to another. And, elevating the book to an incomparable artistic level, the text is accompanied with spectacular photographs, fascinating artwork, and an exceptional graphic design. This book will fill the heart of the pregnant woman with love; it will make her feel more beautiful than ever; it will make her fall in love with her pregnancy; it will reinforce her sense of responsibility; it will help her to lose her fear of childbirth; and most importantly, it will help strengthen the bonds of love with her baby in gestation and her partner. The book begins with a grand story titled “Isabella and the Wondrous Group”, that will take the pregnant woman through the exciting journey of conception. In addition, the book contains six chapters: Congratulations! Pregnancy has Arrived at Your Door; Keep Your Spirits Up! A Healthy Body for a Healthy Baby; Beautiful! Enjoy your Pregnancy; Be Careful! Three Enemies of Your Pregnancy are Lurking; Extraordinary! Classes to Prepare for Childbirth; and Get Ready! The Birth of Your Baby is Near. The pregnant woman will discover the magic of motherhood has no barriers, and that pregnancy... is altogether an Art.




Your Home Loan Toolkit


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Buying a home is exciting and, let's face it, complicated. This booklet is a toolkit that can help you make better choices along your path to owning a home.




Compensation Schemes for Damages Caused by Healthcare and Alternatives to Court Proceedings


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The book discusses compensation mechanisms and other non-judicial means that offer alternatives to court proceedings, designed and provided for within national legal regimes. Such schemes are primarily of a civil or administrative character and are mainly intended to supplement criminal liability for medical negligence. As such, the book focuses on medical malpractice and prospective medical harm from a civil law perspective. It examines the contemporary perspective of a patient-physician relationship, which has evolved from a relation of a quasi-patrimonial character into a partnership of quasi-equal parties, dealing with a medical treatment procedure as a scientific endeavor. It also reviews the extra-legal conditions that are taken into account in compensation arrangements, particularly the need to satisfy a psychological urge for conciliation and empathy on the part of medical personnel. Lastly, the book explores the responsibility of public authorities and healthcare providers to guarantee access to healthcare that is of a sufficient quality, based upon standards provided for in international (and European) law.




The Internet and Health in Brazil


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The popularization of the Internet, due in larger part to the advent of multifunctional cell phones, poses new challenges for health professionals, patients, and caregivers as well as creates new possibilities for all of us. This comprehensive volume analyzes how this social phenomenon is transforming long-established healthcare practices and perceptions in a country with one of the highest numbers of Internet users: Brazil. After an opening text that analyzes the Internet and E-Health Care as a field of study, the book comprises six parts. The first part introduces the emergence and development of the internet in Brazil, its pioneering experience in internet governance, digital inclusion, and online citizen participation. The second part is dedicated to internet health audiences by analyzing the cases of patients, the young, and the elderly seeking and sharing health information online, especially in virtual communities. The third part is dedicated to the challenges that the expansion of the internet in healthcare poses to all of us, such as the evaluation of the quality of health information available online and the prevention of the risks involved with online sales, cyberbullying, and consumption of prescription medicines. The fourth presents some innovative e-learning experiences carried out with different groups in Brazil, while the fifth part analyses some practical applications involving the Internet and health, including studies on M-Health, the Internet of things, serious games and the use of new information and communication technologies in health promotion. The last chapter analyses the future of healthcare in the Internet Age. The authors establish a critical and creative debate with international scholarship on the subject. This book is written in a direct and comprehensible way for professionals, researchers, students of communication and health, as well as for stakeholders and others interested in better understanding the trends and the different challenges related to the social phenomenon of the internet in health.