The aim of the book is to describe the current approach to meningiomas on the basis of experience gained in the fields of histopathology, biology, radiology and surgery. The first section of the book deals with general diagnostic aspects. The typical histopathological features of meningiomas and the various abnormalities shown by imaging methods are discussed. The second section elucidates the growth pattern of meningiomas arising in various specific locat...

Anaconda tells the unexpected story of the world's largest snake. Written by Jesús Rivas, the undisputed expert on the biology of anacondas, this is the first authoritative book on the biology of the green anaconda. In this book, Rivas describes his experiences over a quarter of a century, exploring the secret life of these fantastic snakes, including: their diet, movement patterns, life and tribulations, survival, behavior, and fascinating reproductive life. More than just presen...

You already know what you have to do.You've known it for a while.You know you should be more intentional. That there's a conversation you need to have, a project that's stalled, a version of yourself that appears in your plans but not in your daily life. You know it. And yet, you don't do it.That's not a lack of information. Nor is it laziness. It's the most silent trap of personal development: the gap between knowledge and action.THE EXECUTOR is not a motiv...

How do you move forward when everything has changed?Losing a loved one doesn't just leave us without that person. It leaves us speechless, without routines, without a part of ourselves we didn't even know existed until they disappeared. *After You* is a grief support guide written by Dr. César A. Becerra Rivas, a physician with over 31 years of clinical experience, who has supported hundreds of people through the most difficult moments of their lives.This book won't tell yo...

Supervision of Group Psychotherapy: A Training Manual is a new essential resource for training supervisors of group psychotherapy.This manual provides updated general standards and guidelines for supervising group therapy, including those that are unique to various training sites such as private practice, hospitals, mental health agencies, and academic training centers, across disciplines such as social work, counseling, psychology, and psychiatry. The manual includes hist...

This introduces the history, development and current status of uniportal VATS by pioneers and authorities of this technique. The highly illustrated content in the chapters enhances readers to rapidly understand the techniques of uniportal VAT. The use of video clips adds value to the learning experience and applicability of the techniques. The contents will be of great interest to thoracic surgeons who are already practicing video-assisted thoracic surgery, as well as those who are startin...

For centuries, Asian immigrants have been making vital contributions to the cultures of North and South America. Yet in many of these countries, Asians are commonly viewed as undifferentiated racial “others,” lumped together as chinos regardless of whether they have Chinese ancestry. How might this struggle for recognition in their adopted homelands affect the ways that Asians in the Americas imagine community and cultural identity?The essays in Imagining Asia in the A...

Inaccessible Access ethnographically addresses barriers to inclusion within knowledge-making. It focuses on the social, environmental, communicative, and epistemological barriers that people with disabilities confront and embody throughout the course of their learning and living and in the specific context of their higher education institutions and in research. It is presented by a neurodiverse, disabled, and non-cis cohort of authors, all of whom acknowledge a continuum of (in)ac...

Afro-Asian Connections in Latin America and the Caribbean explores the connections between people of Asian and African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although their journeys started from different points of origin, spanning two separate oceans, their point of contact in this hemisphere brought them together under a hegemonic system that would treat these seemingly disparate continental ancestries as one. Historically, an overwhelming majority of people of African and Asian des...

Over the next several decades, as human populations grow and developing countries become more affluent, the demand for energy will soar. Parts of the energy sector are preparing to meet this demand by increasing renewable energy production, which is necessary to combat climate change. But many renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl—the amount of land needed to produce energy—which can threaten biodiversity and conservation. Is it possible to meet this rise in energy demand, wh...

The first in-depth exploration of the narrow but vital region between the pre-Columbian Maya highlands and lowlands in Guatemala called the Northern Transversal Strip.Living between Worlds: Archaeology and History at the Southern Edge of the Maya Lowlands is the first in-depth exploration of the narrow but vital region between the pre-Columbian Maya highlands and lowlands in Guatemala. This groundbreaking volume brings together the results of a tw...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tarot is a very old and sacred practice, with the earliest references dating back to the 15th century.For centuries, the cards have been used to foretell events connect with spirit guides, access ancient wisdom, and offer spiritual guidance to the curious and the awakened. As one of many divine modalities, tarot enlightens us with the answers to our questions and the confirmation of our own intuition. Whether yo...