Nierfunctiestoornissen komen bij patiënten op de intensivecare veel voor en zijn een afspiegeling van de ernst van de ziekte. Een patiënt met nierfalen heeft een andere prognose dan een patiënt zonder nierfalen. Patiënten met meervoudig orgaanfalen hebben vaak nierfunctievervangende therapie nodig. Vanaf de jaren tachtig heeft nierfunctievervangende therapie bij intensivecarepatiënten met meervoudig orgaanfalen zich ontwikkeld van peritoneaal dialyse en arterioveneuze hemofiltratie naar ...

This introductory textbook provides a thorough guide to the management of food and beverage outlets, from their day-to-day running through to the wider concerns of the hospitality industry. It explores the broad range of subject areas that encompass the food and beverage market and its main sectors - fast food and casual dining, hotels and quality restaurants and event, industrial and welfare catering. It also looks at some of the important trends affecting the food and beverage industry, cov...

The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.

Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony, wit and astute perception.

Remorseless financial crises. Extreme inequalities in wealth. Relentless pressure on the environment. Anyone can see that our economic system is broken. But can it be fixed?In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies the seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray - from selling us the myth of 'rational economic man' to obsessing over growth at all costs - and offers instead an alternative roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets th...

This new and fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach addresses key issues in child neuropsychology but differs from other books in the field in its emphasis on evidence-informed clinical practice rather than research issues.

‘Inventarisatie (mond)gezondheidsproblemen van ouderen’ is een praktisch boek over de integrale zorg voor ouderen met het accent op de mondzorg. De inhoud richt zich vooral op tandartsen en mondhygiënisten die de zorgverlening aan (kwetsbare) ouderen willen verbeteren. Aan de hand van een gestandaardiseerde probleeminventarisatie komen onderwerpen aan de orde die voor de hedendaagse praktijkvoering vereist zijn. Zorgverlenen aan ouderen begint bij kennis en inzicht. Mondzorgverleners zul...

Practical hands-on knowledge in the operational use of electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS). The guide gives an overview of the principles of ECDIS navigation.

This concise guide explains the history, theory, potential, application, and limitations of Artificial Intelligence. Boden shows how research into AI has shed light on the working of human and animal minds, and she considers the philosophical challenges AI raises: could programs ever be really intelligent, creative or even conscious?

How do plants, animals, and humans manage to survive and adapt to the urban environment? This book provides a comprehensive coverage of biological matters related to urban environments presenting both the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings, and practical examples required to understand and address the challenges presented by this novel environment. The Biology of Urban Environments focusses on urban denizens: species (both domesticated and non-domesticated) that live for all or part of ...