Tanis Richards and the crew of the TSS Kirby Jones have been patroling the edge of the InnerSol asteroid belt for eleven months. Her crew is tired, they're low on food and equipment, and ready to return to port for refit and repair.But before they do, a freighter is passing through their patrol space. It's named the Norse Wind and the Cune Port Authority has reason to believe the ship is carrying contraband requiring boarding and seizure.It should be a simple stop and grab,...

☆ IBPA Book Award Silver Winner for Neurodivergent Communities☆ Royal Dragonfly Book Award Winner for Science Fiction/Fantasy and Special Needs/Disability Awareness"[A] dazzling exploration of the extraordinary potential within the neurodivergent mind. By transplanting these unique perspectives into fantastical realms, the authors masterfully illuminate the challenges and triumphs of those who see the world differently." —Erin Garcia, host of the po...

An awe-inspiring tour of the brilliant systems that keep the human body alive through circumstances ordinary and extraordinary.How can someone live with only half a brain? How have more than 150 people survived free falls from supposedly fatal heights? From renowned physicians and medical educators Avraham Z. Cooper and Anthony C. Breu, Why Doesn’t Your Stomach Digest Itself? reveals how the human body—an everyday wonder of strength and resilience—pulls of...

Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this third collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at the farthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond, our writers examine the human experience from within and without. They hold up a mirror to the human experience. Who are we as a species? Who do we w...

Moving to Mexico? Things We Wish We Would Have KnownBy: H. Douglas Cooper, M.D.Moving to Mexico? recounts one family’s relocation and all the things they wish they had known before making that move. For anyone considering such an endeavor, take this opportunity to learn from their experiences, the pros and cons, and plenty of helpful suggestions.About the AuthorH. Douglas Cooper, M.D. is a recently retired physician with more than thirty years of private prac...

Medicine in Brief is a collection of poems in traditional Japanese haiku and tanka form. Each poem strives to capture the uniqueness of a particular disease, serving both as puzzle and springboard for education about the illness.

384 pages, 45 images, 52 contributorsChild Sexual Exploitation Quick Reference investigates exploitation from a medical, forensic, and legal perspective. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this pocket-sized child sexual exploitation book examines all of the medical implications for victims, and case studies provide insight into the lives of these "children of the night." Information on how perpetrators of these crimes operate, as well as guidelines for their succes...

1194 pages, 158 images, 52 contributorsChild Sexual Exploitation is an exhaustive resource representing wisdom of more than 60 international experts in crimes against children, sexual victimization, exploitation, and trafficking.Detailing the different aspects of child sexual exploitation and trafficking, including children victimized through pornography, child prostitution, cyber-enticement, child sex tourism, and human trafficking, Child Sexual Expl...

The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today. But the current critical shortage of human donor organs has had one positive consequence: it has stimulated promising new research into the field of xenotransplantation--the transplantation of organs from one animal species to another. In Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans, David Cooper and Robert Lan...

Do you feel sluggish or depressed? Do you tire easily? Are you overly sensitive to the cold? Do you feel swollen or overweight?An overactive or underactive thyroid could be the hidden cause behind many of these common symptoms. Left untreated, a malfunctioning thyroid may lead to serious complications. Once diagnosed, however, it can usually be treated safely, easily, and without anxiety.Completely revised and updated for the nineties, Your Thyroid: A Home Reference explain...

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Pediatric Surgery** Now in brilliant full color and reflecting recent significant changes in the field, Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children, 3rd Edition, keeps you abreast of the skills and knowledge required to safely care for children with congenital and acquired heart disease in the ICU. Pediatric intensivists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and anesthesiologists from...

and how the known vertebrate homologues of these genes are expressed normally in differentiation and proliferation pathways as well as abnormal ly in well-defined lymphomagenic and other oncogenic pathways. What emerged from this meeting are a better understanding of the evolution of these gene systems themselves and an elucidation of simpler systems open to more rapid genetic and molecular genetic analysis to reveal the normal functions of these genes and their gene products. Thus we soug...