Linguistic Perception and Second Language Acquisition: Explaining the attainment of optimal phonological categorization
In Linguistic Perception and Second Language Acquisition, Paola Escudero provides a detailed description, explanation, and prediction of how optimal second language (L2) sound perception is acquired, and presents three empirical studies to test the model's theoretical principles. The author introduces the L2 Linguistic Perception (L2LP) model, a new formal and comprehensive proposal which integrates...
Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing, Third Edition
Now in its third edition, this landmark textbook has become the key resource for all nurses working in the field of palliative care. Edited by renowned nursing experts Betty Ferrell and Nessa Coyle and written by a dynamic team of internationally known authorities in nursing and palliative medicine, the book contains 78 chapters which cover the gamut of the palliative nursing world. The volume's scope is broad to incorporate principles of care from the time of the initial diagnosis of a terminal disease to the end of a patient's life and beyond.
Hemodynamic Rounds: Interpretation of Cardiac Pathophysiology from Pressure Waveform Analysis
Hemodynamic Rounds, Third Edition is intended to help cardiologists and other members ofthe medical community enhance their understanding of cardiac physiology and its associatedhemodynamic presentations in health and disease, including the basic principles of flow andpressure measurements; systemic as well as coronary hemodynamics in normal and diseased states; and changes in hemodynamics following interventional procedures ranging from valvuloplasty to stent placement.
Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate
"Is excellent reading for scientist and non-scientist alike". -- James White, Science
"The author details how humans helped the Earth avert a new ice age." -- The Futurist
Bill Ruddiman's provocative suggestion of early human influence on the atmosphere will draw fire. But I stand with Ruddiman: the simultaneous upward departures of CO2 and CH4 from climate indicators, unique in 420,000 years, is probably an early footprint of humankind.
The Analysis of Structured Securities: Precise Risk Measurement and Capital Allocation
The Analysis of Structured Securities presents the first intellectually defensible framework for systematic assessment of the credit quality of structured securities.It begins with a detailed description and critique of methods used to rate asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and asset-backed commercial paper.
