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  • Animal Models in Orthopaedic Research

    Edited by Yuehuei H. An, Richard J. Freidman ...
    Animal Models in Orthopaedic Research is a reference book of the major animal models used in the study of orthopaedic conditions and in the in vivo study of biomaterials. Use of animal models provides important knowledge about pathological conditions that can eventually lead to the development of more effective clinical treatment of diseases in bot ... Read more

    PHP16,384.54

  • Transformer la vie des patients atteints d'insuffisance rénale grâce aux avancées récentes en matière de greffes de reins

    Comprendre les différents types de greffes de reins et les avancées récentes pour soigner l'insuffisance rénale

    by YVES SITBON ...
    Découvrez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur les greffes de reins - des différents types de greffes disponibles aux avantages et risques, en passant par la préparation, l'opération et les soins postopératoires. Apprenez également les dernières avancées dans le domaine et les perspectives d'avenir pour les patients atteints d'insuffisance rénale.Découvrez comment les greffes de reins peuvent offrir ... Read more

    PHP358.11 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bioinspired Devices

    Emulating Nature’s Assembly and Repair Process

    by Eugene C. Goldfield ...
    Robotic exoskeletons that allow stroke survivors to regain use of their limbs, 3D-printed replacement body parts, and dozens of other innovations still in schematic design are revolutionizing the treatment of debilitating injuries and nervous system disorders. What all these technologies have in common is that they are modeled after engineering strategies found in nature—strategies developed by a ... Read more

    PHP3,788.29

  • Magnesium and Its Alloys as Implant Materials

    Corrosion, Mechanical and Biological Performances

    by Mirco Peron, Filippo Berto, Jan Torgersen ...
    Despite their tremendous potential, Mg and its alloys are not yet used in biomedical applications. This book aims to provide scientific insights into the challenges of the materials, and give an overview of the research regarding their mechanical properties, corrosion behaviour and biological performances. The authors intend to put the reader into the position to accurate discern the proper Mg ... Read more

    PHP4,557.66

  • Minds and Machines

    A Conversation with Miguel Nicolelis

    by Howard Burton ...
    Series series Ideas Roadshow Conversations
    This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Miguel Nicolelis, Professor of Neurobiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology and Neuroscience and Orthopaedic Surgery and Co-Director of the Center for Neuroengineering at Duke University.This thought-provoking conversation examines Miguel Nicolelis’ extensive and important research for over 20 ... Read more

    PHP178.85

  • Attachments to War

    Biomedical Logics and Violence in Twenty-First-Century America

    by Jennifer Terry ...
    Series series Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
    In Attachments to War Jennifer Terry traces how biomedical logics entangle Americans in a perpetual state of war. Focusing on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars between 2002 and 2014, Terry identifies the presence of a biomedicine-war nexus in which new forms of wounding provoke the continual development of complex treatment, rehabilitation, and prosthetic technologies. At the same time, the U.S. ... Read more

    PHP1,550.09

  • Rethinking modern prostheses in Anglo-American commodity cultures, 1820–1939

    Edited by Claire L. Jones ...
    This book explores the development of modern transatlantic prosthetic industries in nineteenth and twentieth centuries and reveals how the co-alignment of medicine, industrial capitalism, and social norms shaped diverse lived experiences of prosthetic technologies and in turn, disability identities.Through case studies that focus on hearing aids, artificial tympanums, amplified telephones, ... Read more

    PHP5,765.69

  • Scoliosi - Risolvere senza tutori e senza medicine

    by Gustavo Guglielmotti ...
    Se una cosa è certa, è che le ossa non hanno la capacità di spostarsi da soli. La scoliosi è una conseguenza della tensione muscolare che si verifica nell'addome e nella schiena. Queste contrazioni non si generano a caso o per eredità genetica ma per un modo sbagliato di stare in piedi e di appoggiare i piedi quando camminiamo. Il libro spiega dettagliatamente come si deve camminare per eliminare ... Read more

    PHP1,108.15 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Magnesium Alloys for Biomedical Applications

    Advances and Challenges

    Edited by Deepak Kumar, Nooruddin Ansari ...
    Magnesium alloys have enormous potential for use in biomedical implants. Magnesium Alloys for Biomedical Applications delves into recent advances and prospects for implementation and provides scientific insights into current issues posed by Mg alloy materials. It provides an overview of research on their mechanical and tribological characteristics, corrosion tendencies, and biological ... Read more

    PHP4,988.85

  • Hip Replacement

    Current Trends and Controversies

    by Raj K. Sinha ...
    Hip Replacement offers useful strategies tochoose the appropriate biomaterials and implant structureavoid complications in hip replacement surgeryanalyze the bone-biomaterial interfaceperform difficult hip reconstructionstrack in vivo performance of hip prostheticsinhibi ... Read more

    PHP5,666.43

  • Orthotics

    A Comprehensive Clinical Approach

    by Jan Bruckner, Joan Edelstein ...
    Orthotics: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach is an innovative and comprehensive new text that provides essential information about contemporary orthoses to guide the student and clinician in prescribing and utilizing these appliances in neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and integumentary rehabilitation.Written by recognized authorities in the field, Joan Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO and Jan Bruckner, ... Read more

    PHP7,144.79

  • Foot Deformities and Malformations in Children

    A Principles-Based, Practical Guide to Assessment and Management: eBook without Multimedia

    by Vincent Mosca ...
    Practical, comprehensive, and immediately applicable, Foot Deformities and Malformations in Children: A Principles-Based, Practical Guide to Assessment and Management, Second Edition, is a must-have reference for orthopaedists, foot and ankle surgeons, and podiatrists who care for children. Renowned pediatric orthopaedic foot surgeon and educator Dr. Vincent S. Mosca’s highly regarded resource now ... Read more

    PHP11,654.69

  • Overcoming Depression

    What Medication Fail To Do

    by Joseph H. Fox ...
    Being depressed regularly feels like carrying an exceptionally heavy burden, however, you are not just in this struggle.The majority of us believe when we’re depressed our scenario is hopeless. That’s a blunder. Joseph H. Fox reassures us that the trick to overcoming depression is usually in harnessing our brain’s own organic antidepressant capacity to create a far more resilient mind.Uncovering ... Read more

    PHP307.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Artificial Parts, Practical Lives

    Modern Histories of Prosthetics

    Edited by Katherine Ott, David Serlin, Stephen Mihm ...
    From the wooden teeth of George Washington to the Bly prosthesis, popular in the 1860s and boasting easy uniform motions of the limb, to today's lifelike approximations, prosthetic devices reveal the extent to which the evolution and design of technologies of the body are intertwined with both the practical and subjective needs of human beings.The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light ... Read more

    PHP1,774.09

  • Prosthetic Biomechanics in Engineering

    Edited by N.A. Abu Osman ...
    Prosthetic biomechanics is an interdisciplinary field of engineering, medicine, and biology, focused on enhancing people’s lifestyles. In the past 20 years, the field of prosthetic biomechanics and its potential have grown due to the support of advances in engineering technologies.Prosthetic Biomechanics in Engineering is about the recent advances in prosthetic engineering research. The scope of ... Read more

    PHP4,557.66

  • Más allá del ojo

    Beyond the eye

    by Sergio D. Ozán ...
    Este libro sintetiza A lo largo de mi vasta carrera como protesista y ocularista me he nutrido de experiencias de profesionales, de pacientes y de investigación. Este libro reúne todos estos conocimientos e investigaciones para contribuir aún más a la excelencia de la profesión de ocularista. En este trabajo hago referencia a todos los puntos necesarios a considerar en la adaptación de prótesis ... Read more

    PHP299.00

  • RiRa Ruckus

    by Mike Bozart ...
    The author (Agent 33) goes to the official Liverpool FC bar in uptown Charlotte for the Europa League match with Villarreal (at Anfield). After the game, he heads downstairs and finds an open seat at the bar, as a Cinco de Mayo party commences. The man to his right helps supply a nice 'replacement' conversation.Another tale in the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries.Approx. 2,000 words. ... Read more

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  • New Heart, New Life

    by Jason Gregg ...
    Imagine a world where heart disease is no longer the grim reaper it once was. Scientists, doctors, and engineers have been on a relentless quest to conquer this mighty adversary for decades. They've come a long way, from early mechanical pumps to today's sophisticated bionic hearts. Yet, the perfect artificial heart still seems just beyond our reach. But what if the solution isn't about making ... Read more

    PHP122.58

  • Spinal Reconstruction

    Clinical Examples of Applied Basic Science, Biomechanics and Engineering

    Edited by Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Michael J. Yaszemski, Iain Kalfas, Paul Park, Robert F. McLain, Debra J. Trantolo ...
    With an ever-expanding array of biomaterials and implant devices appearing in the field, Spinal Reconstruction: Clinical Examples of Applied Basic Science, Biomechanics and Engineering helps surgeons assess and utilize the latest technologies to improve the reconstruction of the spine and enhance the reconstitution of diseased spinal segments. With ... Read more

    PHP5,666.43

  • Oscar: The Bionic Cat

    A Heart-Warming Tale of Feline Bravery

    by Kate Allan ...
    When Kate Allan’s beloved black cat, Oscar, is found lying severely injured in a field near their Jersey home, she is sure the accident-prone boy has met his end. With both hind legs severed by a combine-harvester, his life hangs in the balance; luckily for Oscar, his vet knows Noel Fitzpatrick, star of Channel 4’s The Supervet, who agrees to try pioneering surgery to replace his legs with ... Read more

    PHP704.19

  • Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities

    by Teodiano Bastos-Filho, Dinesh Kumar, Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan ...
    Series series Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
    The development and application of assistive technology can help those with reduced abilities improve their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others. Written in layman's terms, Devices for Mobility and Manipulation for People with Reduced Abilities provides research and information on assistive technologies for non-technical people. Wh ... Read more

    PHP7,452.78

  • Fundamentals of Amputation Care and Prosthetics

    by Douglas Murphy, MD, Douglas Murphy, MD ...
    Written by experienced physiatrists, prosthetists, and therapists, this book provides an introduction to the field of amputee care and prosthetics. Dedicated chapters guide you through prescription of prostheses for the various levels and types of amputations in both the lower and upper extremity and address recent advances in functionality and safety. Pre- and post-operative care, prosthetic ... Read more

    PHP2,771.39

  • Orbital Surgery

    by Francesco Bandello, Borja Corcóstegui ...
    Orbital surgery deals with a variety of complications occurring in the eye socket comprising inflammatory diseases like thyroid-associated orbitopathy, tumors, infections, and injuries from trauma that affect eye function. In this volume, renowned European orbital surgery experts share their professional experience and expertise. Their contributions cover basic as well as more specialized up-to ... Read more

    PHP4,637.69

  • One Leg. One Life. No Excuses

    A story driven guide to Resilience, Positivity and Self-leadership.

    by Atif Rashid ...
    What happens when life takes away the future you thought you were building and asks you to rebuild yourself from the ground up?In One Leg. One Life. No Excuses, Atif Rashid shares a powerful story of resilience, positivity, and self-leadership after childhood adversity, immigration, cancer, amputation, medical uncertainty, family strain, and the long road back to purpose.This is not a polished ... Read more

    PHP492.17