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by Oklahoma. Supreme Court, Edward Bell Green, Frank Dale, John Henry Burford, Robert Lee Williams, Matthew John Kane, Howard J. Parker, Charles Winfield Van Eaton
1917
by Marjo S. van der Knaap, Jaap Valk
2005 · Springer Science & Business Media
Our thanks go to our colleagues at the VU Univer- Preface to the Third Edition sity Medical Center and to those in other hospitals Reading through the prefaces of the two previous edi- who referred their patients to us. We are indebted to tions,we can say that much of what was said there still all colleagues who allowed us to use their MR images, holds. At the same time,however,much has changed. published or unpublished,making it possible for us to There has been immense progress in the technical present illustrations of nearly all known white matter possibilities of magnetic resonance and in the know- disorders. Two colleagues were particularly helpful ledge of genetic defects, biochemical abnormalities, and provided us with essential and unpublished f- and cellular processes underlying myelin disorders. ures: our friends Susan Blaser,from the Hospital for This immense progress has prompted us to embark Sick Children in Toronto,and Zoltán Patay,from the upon the enormous task of rewriting the previous King Faisal Hospital in Riyadh. edition and adding 40 chapters. In doing so we have Many people at the VU University Medical Center tried to cover most white matter disorders,hereditary have been of great technical help to us in producing and acquired,and to present a collection of images to high quality images and in providing secretarial illustrate the field to the fullest possible extent. This assistance. The contributions of these people are edition will therefore be more complete than the pre- mentioned separately in the acknowledgements.
In 1976, a study was made of the learning potential of 81 Australian children with hearing and sight disabilities caused by rubella. The follow-up study reported here validates the predictive values of the model used by showing that a small subsample of the group has overcome their early problems. O
"The book is accessible and well written, and the issues are thoughtfully analyzed." -- Choice An insightful examination of how traditional views of femininity and masculinity have influenced scientific research about sexual differences in the brain. The book chronicles the phallocentric underpinnings of research in the field and the subsequent contribution of feminist intellectual thought to the modification of scientific practice.
by Emeritus Professor Nick C. H. Reid, Professor Andrew F. Bennett, Professor G. R. Squire, Professor Theodore Alter, Professor David Johnson, Dr Jane Morrison, Dr Ian Montgomery, Dr Ruth Little, Emeritus Professor Gordon Rausser, Dr Dean Ansell, Dr Liz Lewis-Reddy, Professor Ruurd van Diggelen, Professor Thomas A. Jones, Professor David Lindenmayer, Professor Adrian D. Manning, Professor Christopher R. Dickman
2024 · Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Provides a comprehensive overview of the key concepts in biodiversity management within agricultural landscapes Considers the role of farmers and rural communities in implementing ecological restoration practices Reviews the importance of habitat and animal rewilding in promoting biodiversity and other key ecosystem services
The need for specific legal arrangements governing ships in distress and places of refuge is one of the most topical problems in both public and private maritime law. The headline grabbing shipping disasters involving the loss of the Erika (1999) and the Prestige (2002) attracted the attention of the IMO, the Comité Maritime International, the European Union, national maritime authorities around the globe and the maritime industry in general. Ultimately the impact of pollution on local economies and the environment was enough to arouse the concern of a broad swathe of public opinion. Places of Refuge provides clarity on: • The scope of the right of access • The conditions under which coastal authorities may deny access • The liability of authorities granting or denying access • The basis and the conditions of financial securities • The obligation to establish contingency plans