Many scholars believe that the framers of the Constitution intended Congress to be the preeminent branch of government. Indeed, no other legislature in the world approaches its power. Yet most Americans have only a murky idea of how it works. In The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes readers on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of Capitol Hill--pointing out the key players, explaining their behavior, and translating parliamentary language into plain English.
Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism in the Elderly
Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism are particular problems in the elderly, causing disability and impairing quality of life. This book covers the clinical features, diagnosis, and management of Parkinson's disease in elderly people, discussing such topics as motor symptoms, depression, and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. It particularly emphasizes the importance of rehabilitation and total patient care. Topics covered include: Differential diagnosis and epidemiology Drug-induced parkinsonism and gait apraxia
A collection of lectures on functional analysis and applications. Areas addressed include: sets, spaces and functions; integrals; topological spaces; spaces of operators and functionals; linear operators; spectral theory of linear operators; and nonlinear problems of functional analysis. This book is intended for those having only a moderate background in mathematics, who need to increase their mathematical knowledge for development in their areas of work and to read the related mathematical literature.
A systematic overview of modern metaphysics, A Survey of Metaphysics covers all of the most important topics in the field. It adopts the fairly traditional conception of metaphysics as a subject that deals with the deepest questions that can be raised concerning the fundamental structure of reality as a whole. The book is divided into six main sections that address the following themes: identity and change, necessity and essence, causation, agency and events, space and time, and universals and particulars.
Numerical Solution of Elliptic Differential Equations by Reduction to the Interface
This is the first book that deals with the numerical solution of elliptic partial differential equations by their reduction to the interface. Inheriting the beneficial features of finite element, boundary element and domain decomposition methods, the new approach exhibits linear-logarithmic complexity in the number of the interface degrees of freedom and it is well suited for parallel computations.
