This clinically focused pocket guide offers a concise yet complete overview of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, covering the most recent information on aspects such as pathophysiology, management, treatment, and clinical trials. The text is easily accessible and offers pulmonologists and other health care professionals with an excellent quick reference tool. Full color images and figures enhance and summarize key aspects of the text.Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a condition that a...

This book is a comprehensive guide to our current understanding of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), its disease pathogenesis, genetic underpinnings, diagnosis, and management. Since the first edition, many new developments have occurred in the understanding and management of this serious disease, revising our understanding of how it presents, manifests, and reacts to certain treatments. This second edition is fully updated with six new chapters by our team of international, expert auth...

The second edition of the Clinical Handbook of Interstitial Lung Disease is an update of the first edition and provides a comprehensive guide for practicing physicians and other healthcare providers who are involved in the diagnosis and management of diverse forms of interstitial lung disease (ILD). Key global opinion leaders in respiratory medicine have drawn on their knowledge and experience to generate an authoritative, comprehensive, and concise guidebook for use in clinical s...

The first edition of this book, published in 2009, was the only book of its kind dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Over the past few years, new diagnostic tests and treatments of pulmonary arterial hypertension have been developed and tested. Diagnostic testing has led to more frequent and specific diagnosis in PAH patients, leading to the more widespread use of effective treatmen...

Examining the Doctrine of Human Depravity in Scripture and throughout Church HistoryFor centuries, theologians have debated the doctrine of total depravity—the belief that people are wholly and naturally corrupt due to original sin. Reformed theology upholds this truth, acknowledging it to be essential for understanding the gospel and humanity's need for a Savior.Ruined Sinners to Reclaim persuasively reaffirms the doctrine of total depravity from ...

Written by a veteran, nationally known family lawyer, this is a comprehensive yet hands-on guide to managing and trying a divorce case. This unique manual is based on author Steven Peskind's years of experience as a family lawyer and as an instructor at the renowned Trial Advocacy Institute for matrimonial lawyers.Based on information shared by the Institute's respected family law faculty, the book covers the fundamentals of trying a divorce case--opening statements, direct examination, cr...

One Hundred Days Before Trial provides an antidote to trial anxiety, usually caused by poor planning and insecurity. The author offers an alternative to the mad-dash scramble model of trial preparation, with a simple message: start early with the end in mind, develop a plan, and maintain self-discipline to work the plan on a regular basis.The book is broken into segments based upon arbitrary time periods. The reader need not precisely follow the schedules suggested; they a...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th IFIP WG 11.12 International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance, HAISA 2023, held in Kent, United Kingdom, in July 2023.The 37 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: education and training; management, policy and skills; evolving threats and attacks; social-technical factors; and research methods....

The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell offers a wide-ranging reconsideration of Orwell's life and work, focusing on the extensive connections between his novels, essays, diaries, columns, letters, and reviews. Accessible to general audiences and to established scholars alike, forty-eight chapters written by an international team of Orwell specialists address familiar topics—such as Orwell's journalism, broadcasting, literary criticism, and politics—as well as less well-trodden areas...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th IFIP WG 11.12 International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance, HAISA 2022, held in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece, in July 2022.The 25 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: cyber security education and training; cyber security culture; privacy; and cyber security management.

The two-volume set IFIP AICT 721 +722 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP WG 11.12 International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance, HAISA 2024, held in Skövde, Sweden, in July 9–11, 2024.The 39 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I - Management and Risk; Social Engineering; Technical Attacks and Defenses; Usable Security.

The two-volume set IFIP AICT 721 + 722 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP WG 11.12 International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance, HAISA 2024, held in Skövde, Sweden, in July 9–11, 2024.The 39 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I - Management and Risk; Social Engineering; Technical Attacks and Defenses; Usable Security.