This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it. It is a timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific way.
The new 4th Edition of this one-of-a-kind, humanistic text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most current standards of physical diagnosis. Its core philosophy approaches the patient as a person suffering from disease, rather than an entity in which disease manifests. All chapters have been reviewed and revised, with an all-new chapter on nutrition that shows readers how to apply nutritional principles to the practice of medicine. New color images replace many old black-and-white images, and more than 200 NEW color photographs of pathological conditions enhance this Edition.
The most authoritative contemporary textbook on the core components of the rapidly developing medical disclipline known as Musculoskeletal Medicine - the "Bible" for clinicians, both medical practitioners and therapists, who wish to advance their knowledge of the evaluation and non-surgical management of back pain and a range of painful disorders of the locomotive system.
Toronto Notes originated as an informal compilation of notes, developed by the University of Toronto graduating medical school class to help each other study for the MCCQE I. Twenty-six years later, it has evolved into a 1400-page textbook, a clinical handbook, and multiple online resources ranging from an online version of the text to PDA software to interactive learning tools. Toronto Notes is now sold throughout the world, and almost all Canadian medical students use Toronto Notes throughout their training.
This book offers a pragmatic account of the interpretation of everyday metaphorical and idiomatic expressions.The central claim is that the mind is rather selective when processing information, and that in the pragmatic interpretation of both literal and figurative utterances, this selectivity often results in the creation of new (‘ad hoc’) concepts or the standardization of pragmatic routines. With this approach, the comprehension of metaphors and idioms requires no special pragmatic principles or procedures not required for the interpretation of ordinary literal utterances...
