The impact of basic science radiobiological research is now being recognized of significant importance in clinical radiation oncology. Observations made in the laboratory using animals as'well as tissue culture have led to a better biologic understanding of techniques for altered fractionation, techniques for measuring tumor cell proliferation, the possi bilities and limitations of methods for evaluation of nonrandomized clinical studies in deriving time dose relationships for human tumors...

Well-Being as a Multidimensional Concept highlights the ways that culture and community influence concepts of wellness, the experience of well-being, and health outcomes. This book includes both theoretical conceptualizations and practice-based explorations from a multidisciplinary group of contributors, including distinguished, widely celebrated senior experts as well as emerging voices in the fields of health promotion, health research, clinical practice, community engagement, a...

The biologic effects of radiation on normal tissues and tumors represent a complex area for investigation. These effects are of far-reaching consequence to the diagnostic radiologist and the radiation oncologist having a significant impact not only in concepts relative to radiation protection but also in concepts relative to tumor biology and its response to radiation injury. The volume edited by SCHERER, STREFFER, and TROTT represents an extension of basic radiation biology data into the ...

One of the most important questions of our previous common volumes about affective, schizoaffective, and schizophrenic disorders was the question of what connects and what separates psychotic disorders (Marneros and Tsuang, Schizo affective Psychoses, Springer-Verlag, 1986; Marneros and Tsuang Affective and Schizoaffective Disorders, Springer-Verlag, 1990; Marneros, Andreasen, and Tsuang, Negative and Positive Schizophrenia, Springer-Verlag 1993). The boundaries between various psychotic d...

How do you make something out of nothing?Up your game with this masterclass in creative thinking. Combining Dave Trott's distinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and practical advice, One Plus One Equals Three is a collection of provocative anecdotes and thought experiments designed to light a fire under your own creative ambitions.From the First World War sailor who survived being sunk three times in one day to the one-time 'merchant of d...

Mathematics is one of the fundamental skills that a poker player has to acquire, as poker is a game of skill and mathematics is one of the essential skills that poker players need to master. Poker is a game in which mathematics plays a crucial role since it enables players to improve their decision-making at the table. Poker players who have a better understanding of the probability and odds involved in the game have a better chance of beating their opponents and winning more games.

Creativity is all around us. Not in art galleries. But on the train, at work, in the street outside, and in schools, hospitals and restaurants. Creative vision exists wherever people are.In this entertaining collection of real-life stories, Dave Trott applies his crystal clear lens to define what genuine creative vision looks like. It is problem solving, clarity of thought, seeing what others do not see, and removing complexity to make things as simple as you can.The timele...

When the dam cracked, it wasn't the concrete that failed-it was everything we thought we could contain.The King of Dams is a haunting story about human ambition and the forces that shape, erode, and reclaim it. Beneath stormlight and silence, a monumental structure becomes a mirror for the people who built it and the world it was meant to hold back.Susan Trott's prose moves like water under pressure-spare, luminous, and inexorable-as she explores the thin architect...

The Undelivered RosesA Cedar Hollow MysterySome love stories don't end. They wait.When Eloise Hartwell climbs into the attic of her small-town bookshop in search of Valentine's decorations, she expects dust, cobwebs-and maybe a little nostalgia. What she doesn't expect is a long-forgotten florist's box filled with roses that should not exist... and refuse to stay where she puts them.As Cedar Hollow prepares for its Valentine celeb...

The Oak Witness is a lyrical meditation on memory, loss, and renewal, told through the voice of Lunarieth, an ancient tree rooted at the edge of a changing world. She carries the whispered stories of a vanished people, kept alive through song, silence, and soil.As the last echoes of humanity fade, the forest begins to stir with new voices-curious, luminous, and born of the deep oceans. From the sacred rhythms of Earth to the rise of post-human intelligence, this visionary ...

The Psychic Barista by Tim Trott, is best described as a cozy paranormal mystery with episodic structure. It blends light supernatural elements (like dreams, visions, and psychic intuition) with grounded, small-town crime-solving and interpersonal drama.

Part political exposé, part personal reckoning, "Escape from Cuba" is a visceral journey through fear, hope, and the human cost of freedom.