This book discusses all the lifting procedures within the field of plastic surgery. It provides a simplified and easily understandable differentiation of traditional surgical rhytidectomy, as well as less invasive options such as mini-lifting and the globally popular thread lifting. The book compares the advantages and disadvantages of these methods, highlighting the limitations and outcomes of each surgical technique through photographic comparisons, enabling readers to determine the most...

In this book, we will delve into the latest advancements and discoveries in the field of hyaluronic acid filler injections. Hyaluronic acid filler injection stands out as one of the most frequently performed aesthetic procedures globally. The chapters within will encompass recent technological innovations related to hyaluronic acid fillers, encompassing key aspects such as rheology, cohesiveness, degree modification, NMR data, and information on impurities. Additionally, the book will feat...

Encounters involving different cultures and languages are increasingly the norm in the era of globalization. While considerable attention has been paid to how languages and cultures transform in the era of globalization, their characteristic features prior to transformation are frequently taken for granted. This pioneering book argues that globalization offers an unprecedented opportunity to revisit fundamental assumptions about what distinguishes languages and cultures from each other in ...

What if you could walk into any decision room and instantly read which forces were dominating, which were missing, and exactly what to do about it — before the wrong choice locked in?Most leaders have sat through the same painful meeting hundreds of times. The loudest voice wins. The quietest insight is unseen and unheard. A framework gets pasted over a real disagreement. Six weeks later, the decision has to be reopened — at twice the cost, with half the trust intact.Decisi...

Paul lies at the core of the constant debate about the opposition between Christianity and Judaism in biblical interpretation and public discourse as well. The so-called new perspective on Paul has not offered a significant break from the formidable paradigm of Christian universalism vs. Jewish particularism in Pauline scholarship. This book seeks to liberate Paul from the Western logic of identity and its dominant understanding of difference, which tend to identify Pauline Christianity as...

Emerging technologies in the transport sector have had, and will have, profound implications for the betterment of our daily lives and economic prosperity. This book delves into modern and emerging transportation technologies, highlighting their significance as they transform how we move people and goods, offering crucial insights for navigating the future of transportation systems. It also discusses policy implications of these technologies, and touches on economic and econometric methodo...

This book is a study of how the theories and actual practices of a Pan-Asian empire were produced during Japan’s war, 1931–1945.As Japan invaded China and conducted a full-scale war against the United States in the late 1930s and early 1940s, several versions of a Pan-Asian empire were presented by Japanese intellectuals, in order to maximize wartime collaboration and mobilization in China and the colonies. A broad group of social scientists – including Rōyama Masamichi, Kada Tetsu...

Musculoskeletal Injuries and Conditions: Assessment and Management is a practical guide to diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions in clinical practice. More comprehensive than a handbook, yet more clinically-focused than a desk reference, this volume is a one-stop guide for clinicians who deal with musculoskeletal disorders and injuries in the practice setting.The book is organized by anatomic region, from neck to toe, and written in outline format. Each cha...

In this book, authors will describe various techniques about botulinum toxin injection, filler injection and thread lifting based on latest evidences of minimally invasive plastic surgery techniques. For example, doppler ultrasound guided filler injection technique, short scar minimally invasive thread lifting techniques, and neck lifting techniques. Also described the basic knowledge for minimally invasive aesthetic techniques such as hyaluronic acid filler properties and rheology, thread...

In ascending to heaven, Jesus Christ gave the church the Great Commission to expand the gospel to all nations. Despite this biblical commission, it is still an unfinished task. As leaders of local churches, pastors play a crucial part in this endeavor. Pastoral leadership principles have varied widely throughout history, yet it is interesting to discover the similarities between pastoral leadership principles practiced by John Chrysostom (AD 347-407) in Antioch and Constantinople, and Won ...

Raise Your Sons and Daughters with Real Unconditional LoveBy: John Sangwon Lee, MD., FAAPPediatrician John Sangwon Lee, MD., FAAP, has years of experience with parenting methods and children’s health in both America and in South Korea. With these combined experiences, and his own as a father, Dr. Lee puts forth Raise Your Sons and Daughters with Real Unconditional Love, a guide to raising children with kindness, empathy, and love. He describes in detail the types of love ne...

The volume explores the social, cultural, and historical forms of “language” that have come to be associated with “Asia” as a global phenomenon and their implications for better understanding the contemporary linguistic and political landscape in Asias.The book examines the flows of migration, people, cultures, and language resources within, across, through, to, and from Asias in tandem with social, political, and ideological factors, drawing on case studies of global iterations of...