During the last decades as the population has become older, the demand for acute hospital care for elderly people has increased and gerontologicall...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common condition with significant associated morbidity and mortality. Although impressive progress has been made in ...

In this book, authors review the current knowledge on acute lung injury (ALI). ALI/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by d...

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a malignant disorder of the bone marrow in which a lymphoid precursor cell becomes genetically altered resul...

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience usually arising from actual or potential tissue damage. Acute pain can be a difficult medica...

This book presents current research in the study of the risk factors, management and complications of acute rejection in transplant patients. Topic...

The convergence of the Internet, communications and information technologies, coupled with recent engineering advances, is paving the way for a new...

As one of the most important group-oriented signatures, ring signatures were initially formalised by Rivet et al. and allows an entity to conscript...

An ad-hoc (or "spontaneous") network is a local area network or other small network, especially one with wireless or temporary plug-in connections,...

The provisions for the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act fall into four categories: a revised sex offender registration system, child and ...

John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson figured prominently in the turbulent years of middle nineteenth century. As the stage was set for the Civil Wa...

Coastal areas across the United States are beginning to incorporate sea level rise adaptation into their community planning. One of the most challe...

Next generation wireless and mobile communication systems have two important features: heterogeneity and adaptation. Heterogeneous wireless communi...

As concentrations of greenhouse gases and heat-trapping particles increase in the atmosphere, it is becoming ever more urgent to understand and pre...

Adaptive control is the control method used by a controller which must adapt to a controlled system with parameters which vary, or are initially un...

Our country's natural resource challenges today are more complex and more difficult to resolve than ever before. The loss of biodiversity, changing...

Migraine has evolved into a giant puzzle and its literature comprises a vast loosely-linked enterprise challenging human problem-solving capacity. ...

Adaptive optics is a field which is coming into its own with new discoveries occurring almost daily both in astronomy and in applications of AO in ...

What is available in accessible literature terms is very limited. The information that tends to be provided to those affected by addiction is often...

This book evaluates the psychological concept of exercise addiction from a scholastically multidisciplinary perspective. The most recent developmen...

The field of addictions treatment and recovery is facing a crisis. The need for addictions treatment surpasses the treatment resources currently av...

The introduction of additive manufacturing or 3D printing has brought about a whole new dimension of possibilities in manufacturing technology. Thi...

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) was adopted by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by the U.S...

The meth epidemic has touched every State in the country, draining resources, causing serious environmental damage and destroying lives. SAMHSA's D...