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Das Retinale Pigmentepithel – Physiologie und Pathologie
By Alexa Karina Klettner, Stefan Dithmar. 2024
Dieses Buch bietet eine aktuelle Quelle zu einem der Hauptakteure bei Netzhauterkrankungen - dem Retinalen Pigmentepithel (RPE). Im gesamten Buch…
werden die physiologische und die pathologische Funktion des RPE gleichberechtigt behandelt, um dem Leser zu helfen, das RPE als Ganzes zu verstehen. Darüber hinaus werden die Entwicklung des RPE in Diagnostik und Therapie sowie einige praktische Erkenntnisse über experimentelle RPE-Modelle behandelt. Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Health and Disease hebt neue Erkenntnisse der RPE-Forschung hervor und enthält den aktuellen Wissensstand zu jedem vorgestellten RPE-Thema. Dieses wichtige Merkmal hebt dieses Buch von anderen Publikationen ab, da die Kapitel nach einem Schema aufgebaut sind, das vom Allgemeinen zum Speziellen führt, um eine präzise Sammlung der bekannten Fakten zu bieten. Die Kapitel sind von namhaften Experten verfasst, die derzeit als Berater, Grundlagenwissenschaftler und Gruppenleiter auf dem Gebiet tätig sind undso eine fachkundige Anleitung zu den aktuellen Aspekten und Zukunftsaussichten dieses Themas bieten.Simplifying Strabismus: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management
By Saurabh Jain. 2024
This book provides a clear, concise and easy to understand guide to the diagnosis and management of strabismus. Throughout the…
text, a practical approach to examining, diagnosing and treating patients with strabismus is utilised, supported with case studies in the form of patient photographs and ocular motility videos. Flowcharts and tables are included, together with evidence based management plans and suggestions for further reading. Simplifying Strabismus: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management, 2nd Edition has been fully revised and features a new chapter on strabismus surgery. This book will be an essential resource for optometrists, junior and senior ophthalmologists, as well as any medical professional wishing to improve their knowledge of strabismus.This book provides a systematic summary of the latest advancements in myopia research, as well as practical experience in myopia…
prevention and control. The author emphasizes the importance of effectively disseminating information about myopia prevention and control to a wide audience. It highlights four effective strategies to control the progression of myopia, such as orthokeratology lens wear, wearing multifocal soft contact lenses, eye drops with low concentration of atropine, and wearing spectacles. This book aims to promote and popularize the scientific knowledge of myopia prevention and control effectively, providing a model and template for achieving this goal.Terry & Me: The Inside Story of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope
By Bill Vigars. 2023
There has never been a Canadian quite like Terry Fox and there’s never been a story quite like The Marathon…
of Hope.A twenty-two-year-old cancer survivor and amputee, Terry set out from St. John’s, Newfoundland in April 1980, aiming to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. His first months on the road in Atlantic Canada and Quebec were not only physically taxing—he ran the equivalent of a marathon a day—but frustrating as Canadians were slow to recognize and support his endeavor.That all changed when he met a young man named Bill Vigars, who on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society led a campaign to ensure that every person in Canada knew the story of this outstanding young man. Vigars was by Fox’s side through all the highs and lows until the tragic end of his journey in Thunder Bay. A recurrence of his cancer cut short Terry’s dream and, soon, his life. Now, for the first time, Vigars tells the inside story of the Marathon of Hope—the logistical nightmares, boardroom battles, and moments of pure magic—while giving us a fresh, insightful portrait of one of the greatest Canadians who ever lived.Diagnosis and Surgical Therapy of Infantile Corneal Opacities (In Clinical Practice)
By Sarah Barbara Zwingelberg. 2024
The book provides a condensed overview of the diagnostics, genetics and current treatment options for congenital corneal opacities and dysgenesis…
of the anterior segment of the eye. Concise yet detailed presentation of the most important clinical congenital corneal opacities and their differential diagnoses including color illustrations are depicted throughout the book.Diagnosis and Surgical Therapy of Infantile Corneal Opacities includes up-to-date and scientifically reviewed therapy options for specific congenital corneal diseases. Ophthalmologists seeking a clear and concise congenital corneal disease reference guide will find this book to be an indispensable resource in their daily clinical practice.Surgery in and around the Orbit: CrossRoads
By Peter J. J. Gooris, Maarten P. Mourits, J. Eelco Bergsma. 2023
This OpenAccess - textbook sheds new light on pathology in and around the orbit, which is typically an area where…
many medical disciplines overlap. Each physician brings a specific expertise, but the goal should be that the end result of all this input is much more than the sum of the parts. Collaboration, insight and overall knowledge of all parties involved are essential to achieve an optimal patient outcome.Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons have traditionally focused on the bony parts of the orbit, but usually have limited knowledge of the intricacies of binocular single vision, and for the Ophthalmologist it may be the other way around. In the past, scientific articles were often written from a single point of view, resulting in tunnel vision for the physician. The multidisciplinary approach to the orbit leads to an improvement in treatment that should not be underestimated and from which the patient benefits immensely. But especially for the physician and the trainees, a multidisciplinary consultation is a real goldmine in which a lot can be gained. Not every medical problem needs to be tackled in a multidisciplinary framework, but problems around the eye socket often do.At Amphia Hospital in Breda, the Netherlands, more than fifteen years ago, a collaboration between Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Endocrinologists, Radiologists and Ophthalmologists was initiated, which has proven to be very fruitful. The main focus was on Graves' Orbitopathy and orbital fractures, but problems associated with these conditions were also frequently encountered. For those who want to follow this example, or for those who are interested in both orbital surgery, anatomy or ophthalmological orbital issues, this book could prove to be complementary.Atlas of Lacrimal Drainage Disorders
By Mohammad Javed Ali. 2023
The second edition of this successful Atlas provides an updated and comprehensive guide to the evaluation and management of lacrimal…
drainage disorders with 4400+ images.. Lacrimal disorders are one of the most common conditions encountered not only by oculoplastic surgeons and general ophthalmologists, but also by otorhinolaryngologists in their daily practice. It is authored by a world renowned expert in the field. The 2nd edition consists of 103 chapters addressing the basic anatomy and underlying pathology, patient evaluation, and the surgical procedures currently performed in managing various lacrimal disorders. Surgical modalities including the endoscopic approaches are thoroughly and succinctly captured in pictures with detailed legends to aid understanding and offer a visual treat. The book discusses how to deal with surgical complications and failure in detail since familiarity with a surgical technique is incomplete without the knowledge of risk factors and redflags.The 2nd edition of the Atlas of Lacrimal Drainage Disorders is an essential companion to the author’s previous work ‘Principles and Practice of Lacrimal Surgery’.This detailed guide is an indispensable resource for practicing ophthalmologists, oculoplastic surgeons, dacryologists, ophthalmology residents, ophthalmology fellows, practicing otorhinolaryngologists, otolaryngology residents and rhinology fellows.Plastic Surgery of the Lower Eyelids
By Jeremiah P. Tao. 2023
This textbook details knowledge and techniques required for the management of a broad spectrum of lower eyelid malposition, conditions, and…
cosmetic surgery. The lower eyelids are very prone to malposition and even mild scarring or slight irregularities cause patient dissatisfaction. Ectropion, lagophthalmos, and retraction are common results of attempts to repair or rejuvenate the periocular area, but also pose serious risks to the eye. Skills in forestalling these issues as well as repairing them when they do are occur are paramount for any facial surgeon and are covered throughout the textbook.Plastic Surgery of the Lower Eyelids explores solutions and treatment of the spectrum of lower eyelid conditions and aesthetic concerns. It also highlights both functional and cosmetic surgery of the lower eyelids and cheeks that often co-exist. In addition to treatments for eyelid retraction that occurs after cosmetic lower eyelid surgery, this textbook details maneuvers that forestall malposition when performing aesthetic surgery. Residents, fellows and clinicians in oculoplastic surgery, ophthalmology, plastic surgery and other related fields will find this textbook to be an essential guide for delivering safe and effective lower eyelid surgery.The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada
By John Ibbitson. 2023
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLEROne of Canada’s foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and…
Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today’s Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform and immigration. On his watch, First Nations on reserve obtained the right to vote and the federal government began to open up the North. He established Canada as a leader in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took the first steps in making Canada a leader in the fight against nuclear proliferation. And Diefenbaker’s Bill of Rights laid the groundwork for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He set in motion many of the achievements credited to his successor, Lester B. Pearson.Pearson, in turn, gave coherence to Diefenbaker’s piecemeal reforms. He also pushed Parliament to adopt a new, and now much-loved, Canadian flag against Diefenbaker’s fierce opposition. Pearson understood that if Canada were to be taken seriously as a nation, it must develop a stronger sense of self. Pearson was superbly prepared for the role of prime minister: decades of experience at External Affairs, respected by leaders from Washington to Delhi to Beijing, the only Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. Diefenbaker was the better politician, though. If Pearson walked with ease in the halls of power, Diefenbaker connected with the farmers and small-town merchants and others left outside the inner circles. Diefenbaker was one of the great orators of Canadian political life; Pearson spoke with a slight lisp. Diefenbaker was the first to get his name in the papers, as a crusading attorney: Diefenbaker for the Defence, champion of the little man. But he struggled as a politician, losing five elections before making it into the House of Commons, and becoming as estranged from the party elites as he was from the Liberals, until his ascension to the Progressive Conservative leadership in 1956 through a freakish political accident. As a young university professor, Pearson caught the attention of the powerful men who were shaping Canada’s first true department of foreign affairs, rising to prominence as the helpful fixer, the man both sides trusted, the embodiment of a new country that had earned its place through war in the counsels of the great powers: ambassador, undersecretary, minister, peacemaker. Everyone knew he was destined to be prime minister. But in 1957, destiny took a detour.Then they faced each other, Diefenbaker v Pearson, across the House of Commons, leaders of their parties, each determined to wrest and hold power, in a decade-long contest that would shake and shape the country. Here is a tale of two men, children of Victoria, who led Canada into the atomic age: each the product of his past, each more like the other than either would ever admit, fighting each other relentlessly while together forging the Canada we live in today. To understand our times, we must first understand theirs.John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada's 17th Prime Minister
By Steve Paikin. 2022
In this masterful and engaging biography, acclaimed journalist Steve Paikin brings to life John Turner (1929-2020), one of the most…
glamorous and successful politicians in Canadian history. Born in England, raised in BC, Turner was a champion sprinter and a Rhodes scholar who captured the national imagination as escort for Princess Margaret on her 1959 Canadian tour. Elected to Parliament in 1962, he served in Prime Minister Lester Pearson's cabinet and as Pierre Trudeau's attorney general, minister of justice, and finance minister. In 1984, he won a hotly-contested Liberal leadership contest and served a brief four months as Canada's seventeenth prime minister before falling to Brian Mulroney in a Progressive Conservative landslide. In this surprisingly candid and personal book, Paikin draws on unprecedented access to Turner's personal and public papers to show how he struggled to meet the towering expectations that came with his abundant gifts, and keep his faith in Canadian democracy despite the challenges of his own careerAutonomic Disorders in Clinical Practice
By Giuseppe Micieli, Max Hilz, Pietro Cortelli. 2023
This book is focused on a clinical-based diagnostic approach of autonomic dysfunctions, highlighting main diagnostic tools and pharmacological and non-pharmacological…
therapies available nowadays. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a subcomponent of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and dysfunction of one or more subdivisions of the ANS, when accompanying other diseases, is linked to a worse prognosis of the latter. In some circumstances or when severe, dysfunction of ANS itself results in symptoms and disability. A myriad of factors can cause autonomic dysfunction and more than one can concur even in the same patient; due to the expansive nature of the ANS, patients can be affected by a wide range of conditions. Each chapter is characterized by a similar structure and is devoted to a different dysfunction. For each pathology, the book offers the essential information on mechanisms of action, treatments and outcomes. Written by experts in the research of these disorders, the volume addresses primarily Neurologists, but will be a useful tool also for Gastroenterologists, Ophthalmologists, Urologists, Cardiologists and Internal medicine specialists.Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire
By Alexandra Posadzki. 2024
A riveting, deeply reported account that takes us inside the dramatic battle for control of Canada’s largest wireless carrier, and…
paints a broader picture of the cutthroat telecom industry, the labyrinth of regulatory and political systems that govern it, and the high-stakes corporate games played by the Canadian establishment. Alexandra Posadzki’s ground-breaking coverage in the Globe and Mail exposed one of the most spectacular boardroom and family dramas in Canadian corporate history—one that has pitted the company’s extraordinarily powerful chairman and controlling shareholder, Edward Rogers, against not only his own management team but also the wishes of his mother and two of his sisters. Hanging in the balance is no less than the pending $20 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications, a historic deal that promises to transform Rogers into the truly national telecom empire that its late founder, Ted Rogers, always envisioned. Based on deeply sourced, investigative reporting of the iconic $30 billion publicly traded telecom and media giant, Posadzki takes us inside a company that touches the lives of millions of Canadians, challenging what we thought we knew about corporate governance and who really holds the power. Rogers v. Rogers is also a story of family legacy and succession, of an old guard pushing back at the new guard, and of a company struggling to find its footing in the wake of its legendary founder’s death. At the heart of it all is a dispute between warring factions of the family over how they each interpret the desires of the late patriarch and the very identity of the company that bears their name.Ophthalmic Signs in Practice of Medicine
By Amod Gupta, Reema Bansal, Aman Sharma, Arun Kapil. 2023
The book provides basic knowledge of clinical ophthalmic signs and their application in the clinical practice of medicine. It discusses…
several intra and extraocular signs that help the ophthalmologists to reach a diagnosis and suggest the presence or absence of an underlying severe sight-threatening or even life-threatening disease, such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, hematological disorders, systemic vasculitis, rheumatological disorders, brain tumors, sarcoidosis, or infectious diseases caused by M. tuberculosis, HIV or herpes viruses. The book is divided into two sections and each chapter is dedicated to one ophthalmic sign providing its pathophysiology, significance, differential diagnosis and clues to systemic disease. Each chapter is profusely illustrated with color and black and white images, and boxes with key messages on differential diagnosis and appropriate laboratory investigations. This book serves as a one-stop resource discussing the significance of individual ophthalmic signs and their context to sensitize the physicians, both the graduates and postgraduates in training, residents and fellows in ophthalmology, family medicine and internal medicine, and practicing physicians.Longtemps considérée comme une rébellion mineure, la tentative de révolution de 1837 a en réalité secoué l'ensemble de l'Amérique du…
Nord, menaçant de renvoyer le pouvoir britannique hors du continent, mais également d'inaugurer une expérience républicaine différente. La révolution a échoué, mais les idées qu'elle a véhiculées - tant progressistes qu'élitistes - résonnent encore aujourd'huiRote Augen, Grauer Star, Kranke Makula: Augenkrankheiten vorbeugen – Die richtige Therapie
By Birgit Hartmann, Wolfram Goertz. 2023
Ratgeber, Augenbeschwerden kennen, vorbeugen und behandelnSie sehen verzerrt, haben juckende Augen oder Diabetes? Dieser bewährte Ratgeber gibt einen hervorragenden Überblick…
über die häufigsten Augenleiden und Behandlungsansätze.Rote Augen, Grauer und Grüner Star, Erkrankungen an der Makula und durch Diabetes hervorgerufene Netzhautschäden gehören zu den häufigsten Ursachen für eine starke Sehminderung und Blindheit. Für die Erhaltung des Sehvermögens ist die Früherkennung entscheidend. Denn es gilt: Je eher eine Erkrankung festgestellt wird, desto früher kann man mit einer notwendigen Behandlung beginnen - und umso besser ist der Krankheitsverlauf. Verständlich und kurz & knapp werden die einzelnen Erkrankungen, mögl. Symptome und Ursachen sowie Behandlungsmöglichkeiten erklärt. Auch die Fragen, wie kann man der Entstehung von Augenkrankheiten vorbeugen und welche Vorsorgeuntersuchungen (IGeL) sind sinnvoll, werden von den Experten erläutert. Das Buch geht auf Besonderheiten bei Kindern und älteren Menschen ein und beleuchtet auch das Thema Kontaktlinsen und Lasern bei Fehlsichtigkeit. Ein empfehlenswerter Patientenratgeber zum Nachlesen und fürs Wartezimmer !Trudeau le Québécois
By Michel Vastel. 1989
Dans cette nouvelle édition mise à jour, l'auteur s'est livré à une passionnante analyse des relations de Trudeau avec la…
«tribu» québécoise. Fort de nombreux témoignages inédits et de son expérience de correspondant parlementaire, il propose, sur l'homme et sur les aspects de sa carrière, une riche réflexion qui n'a pas fini de susciter des discussions enflammées. Un livre clé pour comprendre celui qui reste un des plus éminents politiciens que le Québec ait produits.Duplessis, non merci!
By Jacques Hébert. 2000
Citoyen du monde engagé dans de nombreux combats pour la liberté, J. Hébert prend sa plume pour en finir avec…
Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959), homme politique canadien qui fonda le parti Union nationale.George-Etienne Cartier
By Rachel Lamarre. 1992
La collection biographique Célébrités met en lumière les grandes figures qui ont marqué notre histoire. Riches en informations et concises,…
ces courtes biographies de 64 pages chacune sont les complices idéales pour les recherches sur des sujets aussi variés que la politique, la religion, les arts, la culture et bien plus encore.Écrits en Huronie
By Jean De Brébeuf. 1996
Jésuite français, né en 1593 à Condé-sur-Vire, Jean de Brébeuf débarque en Nouvelle-France en 1625. Il séjournera vingt années dans…
le Nouveau Monde, dont quinze parmi les Hurons. De son Huronie, il écrit à ses supérieurs, demeurés en France, la Relation de son séjour au Canada. Dans la belle langue du XVIIe siècle, Jean de Brébeuf nous renvoie l’écho d’un monde perdu, riche d’enseignements. Ses Écrits en Huronie montrent une originalité que la publication, parmi les soixante-treize volumes de l’ensemble, ne permettait pas de mesurer et se révèlent un document ethnologique précieux à un moment où l’on s’efforce de redonner aux peuples autochtones d’Amérique leur juste place dans l’histoire culturelle du continent.Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
By Angela Sterritt. 2023
"A remarkable life story.... Angela Sterritt is a formidable storyteller and a passionate advocate." (Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow…
Thieves) "Sterritt's story is living proof of how courageous Indigenous women are." (Tanya Talaga, author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations) In her memoir, Angela Sterritt shares her story from navigating life on the streets to becoming an award-winning journalist. As a teenager, she wrote in her notebook to survive. Now, she reports on cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, showing how colonialism and racism create a society where Indigenous people are devalued. Unbroken is a story about courage and strength against all odds.