Continuum Companion to Second Language Acquisition
This book ,firstly, portrays the landscape of L2 Acquisition and then departs to the main discussions in the field including l1 & L2,maturational constraints, vocabulary knowledge and use , input & output ,individual differences and motivational factors .finally a chapter on strategic behaviour and language learning . The concepts covered are adequately elaborated so that an overal understanding is induced.
Influenza and Public Health - Learning from Past Pandemics
Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. As evidenced by recent H5N1 avian flu and novel H1N1, influenza outbreaks can come in close succession, yet differ in their transmission and impact. With accelerated levels of commercial and population mobility, new forms of flu virus can also spread across the globe with unprecedented speed. Responding quickly and adequately to each outbreak becomes imperative on the part of governments and global public health organizations, but the difficulties of doing so are legion.
By Jordi Rello, Emili Díaz, Alejandro Rodríguez Sepsis is a very important public health problem. It is widely acknowledged that the severe inflammatory response syndrome/severe sepsis paradigm fails to stratify sepsis patients adequately. This book reviews in detail how sepsis should be managed on the basis of a novel approach to staging.
