This book develops the mathematical tools essential for students in the life sciences to describe interacting systems and predict their behavior. From predator-prey populations in an ecosystem, to hormone regulation within the body, the natural world abounds in dynamical systems that affect us profoundly. Complex feedback relations and counter-intuitive responses are common in nature; this book develops the quantitative skills needed to explore these interactions.

Differential equations are t...

Familiar combinations of ingredients and processing make the structures that give food its properties. For example in ice cream, the emulsifiers and proteins stabilize partly crystalline milk fat as an emulsion, freezing (crystallization) of some of the water gives the product its hardness and polysaccharide stabilizers keep it smooth. Why different recipes work as they do is largely governed by the rules of physical chemistry.

This textbook introduces the physical chemistry essential to unde...

This book offers a practical guide for policy advisors and their managers, grounded in the author's extensive experience as a senior policy practitioner in New Zealand's Westminster-style system of government. A key message is that effective policy advising is less about cycles, stages and steps, and more about relationships, integrity and communication. Policy making is incremental social problem solving.

Policy advising is mostly learned on the job, like an apprenticeship. It starts with ca...

Over a century ago, psychologists who were fascinated with religion began to study and write about it. People with a background in psychology often lack a solid understanding of the religious traditions they wish to study, and theologians may not be up to date on the latest developments in psychology.

Proper design of printed circuit boards can make the difference between a product passing emissions requirements during the first cycle or not. Traditional EMC design practices have been simply rule-based, that is, a list of rules-of-thumb are presented to the board designers to implement. When a particular rule-of-thumb is difficult to implement, it is often ignored. After the product is built, it will often fail emission requirements and various time consuming and costly add-ons are then re...

De kans dat u een patiënt in uw stoel krijgt die ouder is dan 45 jaar, is tegenwoordig behoorlijk groot. De vergrijzing! Als u geen speciale maatregelen treft, neemt hierdoor de kans toe op medische calamiteiten in uw praktijk. Het afnemen van een medische anamnese voorkomt zo'n vervelende confrontatie.

Het 'Europese Medisch Risico Registrerend Historie-systeem' is een preventiemethode, die gebruikmaakt van een door de patiënt in te vullen lijst, die de tandarts verifieert...

Nog duidelijker, handiger en actueler. Drie in een! Het nieuwe 'Handboek wondzorg' is een nieuwe actualisering van de in 2004 verschenen bundeling van het 'Basisboek wondzorg' en 'Specifieke wondzorg deel 1 en 2', oorspronkelijk uitgebracht in 1997. 

Deze derde, herziene druk speelt in op de huidige trends en vernieuwingen in de dynamische wereld van de wondzorg. Kleurenillustraties ondersteunen de herziene teksten. De productbijlage is niet alleen samen met wondproductfabrikanten geactua...

Dit leerboek is bedoeld voor cursisten van de verschillende dialyseopleidingen

en bijscholingen, maar dient ook als naslagwerk voor dialyseverpleegkundigen en

andere zorgverleners.

The 8 recurring volumes of the "Essentials in Ophthalmology" series cover the most recent developments in one of eight subspecialties in Ophthalmology. With four volumes published per year, each subspecialty is newly visited every 24 months, with a distinct focus on recent developments. By bridging the gap between original research and medical textbooks, the transfer of this developing knowledge into daily practice is greatly enhanced.