Volume therapy or infusion therapy is used worldwide for the treatment of hypovolemia caused by surgical blood and plasma losses, trauma, burns, or infections. Interestingly, significant differences exist between countries regarding the use of plasma substitutes. In the United States, crystalloids and albumin are more popular, whereas in Europe artificial colloids such as hydroxyethyl starch are preferred. From an international perspective, it is notable that volume therapy using hydroxyet...

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 ...

After the positive response which followed the first edition of this book 6 years ago, the editors were encouraged to prepare a completely reworked second edition that includes the modern advances in this field. There has been a complete change of diagnostic procedure in the detection of renal tumors, which is now based on sonography, computed tomography, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, pushing intravenous urography and angiography completely into the background. Also, new methods ...

The present volume constitutes an attempt to compile contem porary features of diagnosis and treatment of renal and adrenal tumors. A thorough survey of the field is ensured by the authors' considerable scientific experience. Tumors of the kidneys and the adrenal glands are being diagnosed and treated by physicians of different medical disciplines. For both types of tumor, the pathologic cellular substrate is of crucial importance in diagnosis and therapy. In recent years significant diagn...

Rachel, a junior assistant in the cargo bay, never imagined the spaceship’s AI would gain awareness during what should have been a routine update, nor had anyone expected it to take exception to the crew and the crates of illegal cargo aboard.Rachel races against time to try and get life-saving systems back online while stranded in the middle of deep space. Unfortunately for her, the AI can access every system, door, and airlock.As truths emerge, the AI realizes that even c...

When Jennisa delivers a spaceship database to a suspicious group, she covertly takes a copy of the group’s files. She gets far more than she bargained for when the young spaceship AI hitches a ride and figures out how to use her Bluetooth implant to communicate with her.To further complicate matters, the AI finds her work absolutely fascinating and wants nothing to do with the suspicious group—and they aren’t happy about that…Novella: 26,900 words. Optional humorous companio...

Examines the decisions of United States presidents to appoint judges from diverse backgrounds to federal courtsIn Diversifying the Courts, Nancy Scherer addresses why presidents choose—or don't choose—to diversify the federal courts by race, ethnicity, and gender. She explores how and why the issue became a bitter partisan fight in the first place, tracking the controversial history—and politics—of court diversification.Drawing on polls, political ...

From the chef behind Good Mythical Morning and Mythical Kitchen and the #1 bestseller The Mythical Cookbook -- here are 70+ recipes, plus irreverent essays and anecdotes that celebrate the deep-fried nonsense you eat with your bros at 2 in the morning.There was never anything wrong with instant ramen. But there was never anything wrong with not being on the moon, either. That didn't stop Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and that other guy from...

41 day hikes and overnight trips in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

Before her journey to the world of Darksmith Manor, Sunshine Saliente had plenty of adventures with her stuffed rabbit, Bunny. Lost Tomorrow brings our dear little heiress of madness to a post-apocalyptic wonderland where the few survivors will do anything to make sure she has the best time of her life, whether she wants to or not.This middle-grade illustrated novel takes place a little while before Fear & Sunshine: Book One of the Darksmith Family Legacy and while you can read it ...

Leaders must decide and take action when the course isn’t clear, but the stakes are high — sometimes life-threatening.Uncertain crossroads force people to see things differently, to push past their assumptions and habitual ways of thinking, to rewrite their playbook. They ask leaders to see things through new perspectives and come up with unique responses to unique times.In F.O.R.G.E.D.: Six Practices of Great Leaders in Volatile Times, author Douglas Scherer highl...

Dr. Alfred Scherers path to his true self and calling was not an easy one. His childhood was one of struggle, both personal and physical. Soon, the small, weak child learned to flex his intellectual muscles and curiosity. When a dedicated high school biology teacher took the bright young man under his wing, Alfreds potential took flight. He followed his destiny to become a healer.When he heard a still, small voice in his head, he knew his life was about to change.He followe...