The definitive guide to planning effective, theory and evidence driven, community engaged health promotion programsIntervention Mapping: Health Promotion Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation is a practical, step-by-step guide for designing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining effective health promotion interventions in partnership with communities. Widely regarded as the field’s leading planning resource, it provides a systematic framework for tra...

What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and reprinted essays from Boston-area writers past and present, all celebrating the city...

This volume details protocols ranging from high yield production metabolically labeled KRAS for NMR studies to approaches that quantify engagement of novel molecules that bind KRAS in live cells. Chapters focus on protein production and characterization, biochemical assays, cell-based assays, KRAS-membrane interactions, targeting KRAS, and cell models. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective to...

Sarcomas: Evidence-Based Diagnosisand Management is the most comprehensive clinical reference on sarcomas available to oncologists and trainees. Presenting a compilation of the current knowledge of specific soft tissue and bone sarcomas, this accessible resource on diagnosis and management is the most practical in the market. Led by the world’s foremost sarcomas experts in medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, orthopedic surgery, radiology,...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First BONBID-HIE Lesion Segmentation Challenge and the First Trauma Thompson Challenge, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2023, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, during October 2023.For BONBID-HIE 2023 Challenge 6 papers have been accepted out of 14 submissions. They span a broad array of approaches leveraging anatomical information about HIE, data augmentation, training strategies, model architecture, and integration with traditional machine lear...

This volume explores the latest techniques used by researchers to study directed evolution (DE) at each stage of the Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle. Chapters in this book cover topics such as designing overlap extension PCR primers for protein mutagenesis; antha-guided automation of Darwin assembly for the construction of bespoke gene libraries; rapid cloning of random mutagenesis libraries using PTO-Quickstep; and DE of glycosyltransferases by a single-cell screening method. Written in the...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Simplifying Medical Ultrasound, ASMUS 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, the 27th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. The conference took place in Marrakesh, Morocco on October 6, 2024.The 21 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Image Acquisi...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Verified Software, VSTTE 2023, held in Ames, IA, USA, October 23–24, 2023.The 6 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 13 submissions. They focus on requirements modeling, specification languages, software design methods, automatic code generation, refinement methodologies, and more.

This revised second edition takes account of developments in the field of dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. The book presents a concise account of the English system of civil litigation, covering court proceedings in England and Wales. It is an original and important study of a system which is the historical root of the US litigation system. The volume offers a comprehensive and properly balanced account of the entire range of dispute resolution techniques.As ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on End-User Development, IS-EUD 2017, held in Hatfield, UK, in July 2019.The 9 full papers and 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers discuss progress in research around end-user development through, or towards, methods, socio-technical environments, intelligent agents, as well as the most effective end-user programming paradigms for smart environm...

This book offers an easy-to-follow technique to better appreciate the regional anatomy and provides a concise, accessible, and well-illustrated pocket book. It is aimed principally at undergraduate and postgraduate students of anatomy in a wide range of fields that includes medicine and the paramedical specialties such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, orthotists, biological sciences, dentistry, and paramedics as well as postgraduate training surgeons (in all specialties), radiologis...

The aim of this manual is to offer a comprehensive framework for both present and future military surgeons, enabling them to effectively navigate and build a successful career within the military, while also providing them with transferable skills upon completion of their military service. The military healthcare system operates within a unique framework with distinct challenges and opportunities. By acquiring knowledge and insights into the intricacies of military career paths, surgeons c...