¡Domine los fundamentos de la fisiología médica con este texto que se basa en casos clínicos!Fisiología humana aporta una introducción concisa y a profundidad de los principios de la función corporal, organizada con base en los sistemas orgánicos, basándose en los modelos generales y casos clínicos para impulsar la destreza en el manejo de estos principios.Sus características especiales son, entre otras:• Énfasis en los modelos generales que subyacen a diversos meca...

A philosophical challenge to the ableist conflation of disability and painMore than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said: “let there be a law that no deformed child shall live.” This idea is alive and well today. During the past century, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. argued that the United States can forcibly sterilize intellectually disabled women and philosopher Peter Singer argued for the right of parents to euthanize certain cognitively disabled in...

The working model for "helping the learner to learn" presented in this book is relevant to any teaching context, but the focus here is on teaching in secondary and college science classrooms.Specifically, the goals of the text are to:*help secondary- and college-level science faculty examine and redefine their roles in the classroom;*define for science teachers a framework for thinking about active learning and the creation of an active learning environment; and...

One-on-One Tutoring by Humans and Computers articulates the CIRCSIM-Tutor project, an attempt to develop a computer tutor that generates a natural language dialogue with a student. Editors Martha Evens and Joel Michael present the educational context within which the project was launched, as well as research into tutoring, the process of implementation of CIRCSIM-Tutor, and the results of using CIRCSIM-Tutor in the classroom. The domain of this project is cardiovascular physiology...

This book offers physiology teachers a new approach to teaching their subject that will lead to increased student understanding and retention of the most important ideas. By integrating the core concepts of physiology into individual courses and across the entire curriculum, it provides students with tools that will help them learn more easily and fully understand the physiology content they are asked to learn. The authors present examples of how the c...

For some unknown reason, nobody in the immediate family deciphered that Joel Guy Jnr was out of his tree, had had a complete mental breakdown of sorts, and was seriously deranged. They knew he had taken leave of absence from the long grind of 9 years of study, from which he hoped one day to emerge a fully qualified plastic surgeon. To all who watched the trial, it was obvious that Guy Jnr was not functioning normally. He had taken leave of absence from sanity. He was definitely one Iced Vo...

More than 2,000 years ago, Aristotle said: "let there be a law that no deformed child shall live." This idea is alive and well today. During the past century, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. argued that the United States can forcibly sterilize intellectually disabled women and philosopher Peter Singer argued for the right of parents to euthanize certain cognitively disabled infants. The Life Worth Living explores how and why such arguments persist by investigating ...

Hunter, the English Setter by Joel ChanacaGLOBAL BOOK AWARDS WINNING AUTHOR 2024 "Humor & Heart"Dive into an enchanting tale of adventure, friendship, and the extraordinary bond between two boys and their remarkable dog!Nestled in the majestic mountains of Pennsylvania, Joel and Mark’s world was already brimming with adventure. But when Hunter, a captivating Ryman English Setter, bounded into their lives, the magic ...

ChazRafael is the best friend-with-benefits a guy could ask for, but I had to go and screw it all up by falling in love.Everyone gets sick of me eventually. My birth parents, the endless conveyor belt of foster homes, even the band that became my family. Why should Raf be any different? When he wants to take our friendship to the next level by welcoming me into his world of collars and pet names that make me feel wanted and cherished, I know it can...

After a drug cartel abducts his sister, a Kansas judge puts everything on the line to find her.Judge Benjamin Joel catches a death penalty case involing a local drug dealer with ties to a Mexican cartel. When his sister is abducted three days before the trial, Ben is told what he must do to save her--cut the defendant loose utilizing a seldom-used judicial tool known as a judgment of acquittal. A call to law enforcement would expose a conflict of interest that woul...

Sometimes, a happy ending comes with heartbreak.Falling in love with my father's best friend wasn't on my to-do list. Yes, he's hot. Sure, I've been flirting with him since I was sixteen. Of course, I'd be down for a little fun.When Laiken begins returning my flirting, things get heated. It was supposed to be sexy fun and nothing more. We weren't planning on making this a forever thing.But falling in love isn't a choice.As it turns out, not ...

SaintI screwed up. Big time.I broke the heart of my best friend. The one person I promised myself I'd never hurt. Now he's back after two years, and I hardly recognize him. Danny - sorry, Daniel - is nothing like the scarred, broken kid who left in the middle of the night without saying good-bye. Because of me. Those brown eyes that were once so full of warmth and adoration have turned cold as ice, but the fire he stirs in me is ho...