A comprehensive reference on diagnosis and evaluation of reproductive risks and genetically related high-risk pregnancies. Authored by international group of experts, this book is organized according to diagnostic method, source of reproductive risk, and system under evaluation. Features the latest imaging technology, a review of genetics, molecular biology, and cytogenetics, and special chapters on counseling, cross-cultural, legal, and ethical issues.

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Sixty years ago, the purpose of introducing electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) was to reduce the incidence of intrapartum stillbirth. However, by the early 1980s, with falling stillbirth rates, fetal blood sampling had been widely abandoned, as many considered that EFM was sufficient on its own. Unfortunately, while the sensitivity of EFM for the detection of potential fetal compromise is high, specificity is low, and there is a high false positive rate which has been associated ...

The lies come first. The violence always follows.Since October 7, 2023—the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust—the world has witnessed something alarming: the victims have been turned into villains. Mobs chant for Israel's elimination. University professors justify terrorism. Social media floods with accusations that previous generations would have instantly recognized as antisemitic propaganda—yet today they're repackaged as "justice." And many peo...

Know thine enemy ...Evan Warlow is a man with enemies. As a DCI in the Dyfed Powys force, that comes with the territory. But when two of his most vicious critics are abducted and turn up dead in a macabre tableau, tough questions need to be asked.The uncomfortable answers lead Evan and the team back to his roots and an old case that has haunted him for years. The deaths in the forest have all the hallmarks of a dangerous killer with no fear of consequences....

You already know that the body can heal itself from injury. But did you know that it also has the power to bounce back from the most debilitating diseases? Pick any of the diseases below, and I will tell you that there is a natural, built-in way to bounce back from it:DepressionAnxietyPTSDHypertensionStomach problemsEpilepsyPain and InflammationAlzheimer’sDementiaYo...

This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Evan's introduction to and concise commentary on Mark. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers.Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analys...

Did you know that detox diets aren’t the best way to detoxify your body?Believe it or not if you’re looking for anti-aging solutions, faster healing, fat burning, and obtaining physical peak performance, then diets and exercise shouldn’t be your main solution.Think about it.Body building, lifting weights, running, doing lots of cardio, and working out in the gym destroy muscular tissue. They’re not about healing. The real body building actually ha...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love.“This novel is a complete and utter joy.”—Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful“Quietly dazzling.”—The New York Times“I cried more tha...

Marked Breaking Free From the Bondage of Insecurity is a powerful, hope-filled invitation for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unwanted, or unworthy.Have you spent your life feeling like you slipped through the cracks? Like everyone else was chosen, but somehow you were forgotten? Are you exhausted from living in survival mode-striving, performing, and proving your worth, yet still feeling like it's never enough?This book gently and courageously addresses the deep spiritual...

A teacher is enslaved by his African teaching-aide, a husband by his faithless wife and shemale lover, and a lodger by his deviant Indian landlady in these three works of male submission to the female from SFPG.Book-Length: 90000-words.CONTAINS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT READING, INCLUDING: female domination, femdom fiction, erotic mind control, interracial sex, dominant shemale,

This is the third volume in the series of books tracing the evolution, development and practice of country music in Australia. Markets and Margins is particularly concerned with the machinations of the country music industry in Australia. Individual chapters provide a survey of current industry practices: analysis of sponsorship and branding within country; filmic representations of the industry; and considerations of gender politics within country music. Case-studies of Tex Mort...