Le scanner et l'IRM ont complètement révolutionné l'étude morphologique et fonctionnelle du système nerveux, modifiant également l'approche thérapeutique des pathologies cranio-encéphaliques et contribuant aux progrès de la neurochirurgie. Ces techniques, conjuguées aux dernières innovations (imagerie par tenseur de diffusion, tractographie, imagerie fonctionnelle, spectroscopie, angio-IRM dynamique, scanner multibarrette, etc.), mettent à la disposition du radiologue des outils performant...

CET OUVRAGE A REÇU LE PRIX PRIX HERMANN FISCHGOLD 2012 Le scanner et l'IRM ont complètement révolutionné l'étude morphologique et fonctionnelle du système nerveux, modifiant également l'approche thérapeutique des pathologies cranio-encéphaliques et contribuant aux progrès de la neurochirurgie. Ces techniques, conjuguées aux dernières innovations (imagerie par tenseur de diffusion, tractographie, imagerie fonctionnelle, spectroscopie, angio-IRM dynamique, scanner multibarrette, etc.), mette...

This book explains the correct logical approach to analysis of forensic scientific evidence. The focus is on general methods of analysis applicable to all forms of evidence. It starts by explaining the general principles and then applies them to issues in DNA and other important forms of scientific evidence as examples. Like the first edition, the book analyses real legal cases and judgments rather than hypothetical examples and shows how the problems perceived in those cases would have be...

From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize—winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history–and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever, who led the high-stakes effort. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is a masterly work about Schriever’s quests to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, to penetrate and exploit space for America, and ...

This comprehensive and much-needed guide addresses the issues faced by clinicians in assessing and treating the range of mental health conditions, which can affect adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Its particular focus on adults fills a notable gap in the ASD professional literature, with an extensive array of contributors from across the psychology and healthcare professions.Covering a wide variety of common co-occurring mental health conditions including mood disorders,...

Innovative and thorough, Signs and Symbols in Chaucer’s Poetry presents nine essays that reexamine the literary iconography of Middle English. Chaucer’s work is the most well-known, and possibly the most significant, remnant of the Middle Ages; investigations into his writing and meanings are fruitful even today. The essays collected by John P. Hermann and John J. Burke Jr. invite scholars to consider new interpretations of old symbols while acknowledging the intricacies of histor...

This breakthrough new book may help save countless lives and avoid enormous losses. It presents a methodology for using gas migration to predict earthquakes and explosive gas buildup. Using rigorous scientific investigation and documented worldwide case histories, this remarkable book presents compelling evidence showing that changes in gas rates, composition, and migration accompany the tectronic events preceding earthquakes and their associated seismic events, such as volcanoes and tsuna...

“Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412—burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431—rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456—designated Venerable in 1904—declared Blessed in 1908—and finally canonized in 1920. She is the most notable Warrior-Saint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages.”—George Bernard ShawWith Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the stor...