phentermine diet pill (sometimes referred to as "fen-phen"); the high failure
rate associated with some cardiac pacemakers; the widespread use of bone marrow
transplantation for advanced breast cancer before studies finally showed that it
was no more effective, and could be more dangerous, than standard chemotherapy;
the appalling suppression or delayed publication of "negative" results in
studies funded by drug makers. Citing example after example, Deyo and Patrick
are at their most successful when they detail the degree to which the
pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable industry in the United States,
sometimes abuses its enormous power. Happily, just when you are about to move on
to something, anything, else, Deyo and Patrick come up with a comparatively
upbeat ending, exploring some remedies for America's ills. They like the idea of
having insurers pay provisionally for some new treatments so that the insurers
could easily stop payment if a treatment proved worthless or dangerous. They
like the idea, endorsed last September by a coalition of editors of medical
journals, including this one, of a national registry for clinical trials in
order to make it harder for the manufacturers of drugs and devices to suppress
negative findings. They want to stop drug companies from claiming marketing
expenses as tax deductions -- a no-brainer, in my mind. And they want a better
post-marketing surveillance system for drugs and devices. None of this will be
easy. Fixing the mess, the authors conclude, will "require action by doctors,
hospitals, the media, and the government." Judy Foreman, Ed.M.
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Jim Leavesley, George Biro, "Medical Mysteries eOmnibus"
PerfectBound | ISBN 0732271940 | 2001 Year | linked PNG-files | 41 Mb | 730
Pages[cut]
Available only as an e-book: Medical Mysteries eOmnibus (July 31) collects three
books by Australian physicians Jim Leavesley and George Biro including What
Killed Jane Austen?; How Isaac Newton Lost His Marbles; and Flies in the
Ointment. These books examine fascinating questions such as: Did a medical
mistake cause World War I? Why did Mary Tudor have phantom pregnancies and a
deep voice? and Why did Freud dabble with cocaine?
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Paul Lim, "Money Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make"
McGraw-Hill | ISBN 0071436057 | 2004 Year | linked PNG-files | 17,16 Mb | 306
Pages[cut]
An easy-to-follow map for successfully navigating the perils of personal
financial planning When it comes to their own finances, most people don't know
what to do--or what not to do--until it's too late. Money Mistakes You Can't
Afford to Make is an easy-to-follow rule book for recognizing and avoiding the
ordinary, often-overlooked financial missteps that can ruin the best-laid
financial plans, and haunt investors for years. Written by popular U.S. News
World Report editor and columnist Paul Lim, this book covers the most common
money management traps. From "mortgaging" your 401(k) to not getting life
insurance, it shows readers how to sidestep blunders, or even turn them into
positives, by: Planning for specific life events and future needs Implementing
necessary strategies for spending Determining when to follow fads or stay the
course
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Paul Allan Mirecki (Editor), Marvin W. Meyer (Editor), "Magic and Ritual in the
Ancient World"
Brill Academic Publishers | ISBN 9004116761 | 2002 Year | linked PNG-files | 41
Mb | 524 Pages[cut]
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S.J Hogan, "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: Where do we go from here?"
Taylor & Francis | ISBN 0750308621 | 2002 Year | PDF | 12 Mb | 376 Pages[cut]
In keeping with the spirit of the Colston conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and
Chaos, this chapter emphasizes ideas more than details, describing my vision of
how the bifurcation theory of multiple time scale systems will unfold.
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Roger Bootle, "Money for Nothing: Real Wealth, Financial Fantasies and the
Economy of the Future"
Nicholas Brealey Publishing | ISBN 1857882822 | 2004 Year | linked PNG-files |
26,77 Mb | 390 Pages[cut]
A decade ago, economist Roger Bootle won respect for correctly predicting a long
period of low inflation. In this wide-ranging look at the world economy, Bootle
trades on that credibility to explain the origins of the dot-com bubble and to
argue that the economy is in the midst of a housing bubble. He makes the
convincing argument that stock-market gains are often little more than ephemera
and he explores the idea of a knowledge-based economy. Bullish readers will be
put off by Bootle's gloom and doom. Deflation has yet to occur, and the housing
bubble he harps on has yet to burst in the time span since this work's
publication. Still, we recommend this intriguing title to investors interested
in a contrarian view of the markets and the economy.
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Francis A. Carey, Richard J. Sundberg, "Advanced Organic Chemistry" (4th
edition)
[i]Part A: Structure and Mechanisms
Part B: Reaction and Synthesis [/i]
Springer | ISBN 0306462427/0306462451 | 2000/2001 Year | DjVu | 25,34 Mb |
818/958 Pages[cut]
Since its original appearance in 1977, Advanced Organic Chemistry has found wide
use as a text providing broad coverage of the structure, reactivity and
synthesis of organic compounds. The Fourth Edition provides updated material but
continues the essential elements of the previous edition. The material in Part A
is organized on the basis of fundamental structural topics such as structure,
stereochemistry, conformation and aromaticity and basic mechanistic types,
including nucleophilic substitution, addition reactions, carbonyl chemistry,
aromatic substitution and free radical reactions. The material in Part B is
organized on the basis of reaction type with emphasis on reactions of importance
in laboratory synthesis. As in the earlier editions, the text contains extensive
references to both the primary and review literature and provides examples of
data and reactions that illustrate and document the generalizations. While the
text assumes completion of an introductory course in organic chemistry, it
reviews the fundamental concepts for each topic that is discussed.
The Fourth Edition updates certain topics that have advanced rapidly in the
decade since the Third Edition was published, including computational chemistry,
structural manifestations of aromaticity, enantioselective reactions and
lanthanide catalysis.
The two parts stand alone, although there is considerable cross-referencing.
Part A emphasizes quantitative and qualitative description of structural effects
on reactivity and mechanism. Part B emphasizes the most general and useful
synthetic reactions. The focus is on the core of organic chemistry, but the
information provided forms the foundation for future study and research in
medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, biological chemistry and physical
properties of organic compounds.
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Kelly Dempski, "Real-Time Rendering Tricks and Techniques in DirectX"
Course Technology PTR | ISBN 1931841276 | 2002 Year | PDF | 14,12 Mb | 821
Pages[cut]
The last several years have seen some exciting advances in the field of real-
time graphics. Starting slowly for beginning programmers, this book begins by
reviewing recent 3D graphics developments and with an introduction to vectors,
matrices, colors, and lighting. Then, it's on to rendering graphics! Learn
various vertex and pixel shader techniques, discover how to use video as a
texture, and get the scoop on several techniques for picking objects in a scene.
Whatever your level of programming expertise, let this book serve as your guide
to mastering the possibilities of real-time programming.
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Peter Burke, "Brothers and Sisters of Disabled Children"
Jessica Kingsley Publishers | ISBN 1843100436 | 2003 Year | PDF | 0,57 Mb | 160
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