A knowledge of medical terminology is essential for employment in many health care professions. This attractive & easy to use self-teaching text provides a simple interactive & comprehensive guide to the language of medicine. Following a brief introduction to the basic components of medical words each unit deals with a different body system & follows a standard plan: word exercises; an anatomy exercise based on an illustration; a case history; medical notes; a word check; a self assessment. By breaking words into their component parts & applying knowledge through exercises & examples from patient care the reader learns how words are formed & becomes familiar with the common roots & suffixes of medical words as well as how they will be encountered in practice. In addition the text provides a comprehensive glossary & a list of common abbreviations. ...

An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry is the leading text for university courses on this subject. Renowned for being a textbook loved equally by both students & lecturers it presents complete coverage in an accessible & engaging style. The text begins with the essential biochemistry on which an understanding of medicinal chemistry is built introducing the structure & function of important drug targets. It then explores how drugs interact with the body & the consequences of those reactions. There is a section on general principles & strategies involved in discovering & designing new drugs & another on useful 'tools of the trade'. The text ends with a contemporary look at specific topics within medicinal chemistry for example antiviral & anticancer agents; cholinergics & anticholinesterases; & antiulcer agents. Learning features throughout An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry help to unlock this fascinating subject. A glossary helps to familiarise the language of medicinal chemistry. Boxes present in-depth material & explore how concepts are applied in practice. Key points summarise sections within chapters providing a basis for revision & questions at the end of chapters & on the accompanying Online Resource Centre allow the reader to test their understanding & develop molecular modelling skills. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre

Features: For registered adopters of the book: * Answers to end-of-chapter questions * Figures from the book * Power Point slides * Test Bank questions For students: * Multiple Choice Questions * Web articles * Molecular Modelling Exercises * 3D Rotatable structures

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A concise accessible introduction to this exciting & dynamic subject. aeo Adopts an approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics. aeo

Includes:: worked examples & student problems along with hints for solving them & the numerical answers. aeo Many reviewers have commented that this is one of the best a introductory undergraduate levela texts on the subject & they would all welcome a Second Edition.

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Every criminal act anywhere that involves obtaining money illegally produces funds which need to be laundered. The IMF estimates that 2-5% of global GDP ($590bn & $1.5 trillion) is laundered every year
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The second edition of Introduction to Occupation: The Art & Science of Living presents the latest knowledge about occupation so that each of us around the world may understand how to seize & harvest our days for health well-being happiness & the development of more just & peaceful societies. Introduction to Occupation will appeal to any student practitioner researcher or educator with an interest in everyday life. Practical as well as conceptual this book challenges readers to look beyond occupation as just work" to include all the ways in which we occupy ourselves-showing how what we do forms our lifestyle & how occupations are enfolded to create a balanced or unbalanced style of life. Broad in perspective it explores both informal & formal ways for studying occupation provides a model & framework for studying occupational development across the lifespan & considers issues & insights surrounding a variety of "occupational" topics." ...

This highly respected & best-selling textbook provides an engaging & comprehensive introduction to the major topics within physical geography. It focuses on understanding the inter-linkages between processes places & environments & is fully illustrated to demonstrate how the physical environment works. An Introduction to Physical Geography & the Environment is accompanied by a rich & extensive range of electronic support resources including updated weblinks relevant for each chapter multiple choice questions fieldwork exercises interactive models & video clips. The text is suitable for both undergraduate & postgraduate study in the field of physical geography. ...

The revised edition of this highly successful text provides a clear & accessible introduction to some of the most important questions of political philosophy. Organized around major issues Wolff provides the structure that beginners need while also introducing some distinctive ideas of his own. ...

The third edition of a best-selling textbook Introduction to Polymers"

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Proteins are essential to life having a great variety of roles in all organisms. They are the ultimate micro-machines: some are building blocks joining with other substances to make the cells from which we are formed; some are catalysts speeding up biochemical reactions to keep our cells active & alive; yet others help cells to communicate to move to build up the complex mix of tissues that make up our bodies & to regulate unfolding programmes of development. Introduction to Protein Science provides a broad ranging introduction to the contemporary study of proteins in health & disease suitable for students on biological biochemical & biomedical degrees internationally. It relates the study of proteins to the context of modern high-throughput data streams of genomics & proteomics. Describing basic principles of protein structure & methods for studying them the book illustrates the wide variety of functions that proteins have showing how the structures of proteins are intimately linked to their functions. Building on the success of the first edition the new edition integrates treatment of bioinformatics databases & computational methods of determining & predicting protein structure & function & demonstrates how these methods are paving the way for the ability to design novel proteins with specific desired characteristics. With added coverage of recent developments in the field particularly in high-throughput methods; a new chapter on enzyme kinetics; extended coverage of topics such as protein evolution & the immune system; as well as the inclusion of new end-of-chapter exercises problems & weblems the book captures the current state of excitement in a way that all biosciences students & instructors will find appealing. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Introduction to Protein Science features the following resources for lecturers & students. For registered adopters
- Figures from the book available to download
- Answers to end-of-chapter exercises For students
- Links to useful websites to aid further research into protein science
- Helpful hints & tips for answering end-of-chapter problems



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Introduction to Protein Structure" provides an account of the principles of protein structure with examples of key proteins in their biological context generously illustrated in full-color to illuminate the structural principles described in the text. The first few chapters introduce the general principles of protein structure both for novices & for non-specialists needing a primer. Subsequent chapters use specific examples of proteins to show how they fulfill a wide variety of biological functions. The book ends with chapters on the experimental approach to determining & predicting protein structure as well as engineering new proteins to modify their functions." ...