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2018.
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English
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"What would happen if someone picked up a classic ABC book, crossed out the words, and replaced them with LGBTQ terms? The result would be GAYBCs -a playful, subversive alphabet book that aims to spread awareness and demystify gay and queer terminology for everyone. Instead of apple, ball, and chick, this book's ABCs are ally, bisexual, and cisgender. A ladybug gains a matching girlfriend to become lesbian, kiss becomes kink, and tie gets a twist...
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ENGLISH-ITALIAN & ITALIAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF LAW How often do you stumble upon English and Italian legal terms at work or in your studies and you have doubts or no clue about their meaning? You need an English Dictionary BUT a general bilingual dictionary is useless or even a misleading tool for legal terminology. You may surf the web and find translations and definitions over the Internet, but those are never reliable, nor specific about the Law....
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"A sloth of bears, a parliament of owls, a nuisance of cats - these are some of the wonderfully idiosyncratic names we have for groups of animals. Inspired by these collective nouns and others like them, author Kyle Lukoff and illustrator Natalie Nelson have created this clever, funny picture book. Each spread features a nugget of a story using a particular name, which is accompanied by a collage illustration that serves as the visual punch line."--...
9) Conflictividad socioambiental y lucha por la tierra en Colombia: entre el posacuerdo y la globali
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El libro Conflictividad socioambiental y lucha por la tierra en Colombia. Entre el posacuerdo y la globalización del grupo de investigación Política y Derecho Ambiental (PODEA), adscrito a la Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, es una iniciativa teóricopráctica que pretende contribuir a los debates sobre los escenarios políticos, económicos y sociales que se ciernen sobre el ambiente en Colombia posterior a la firma del acuerdo...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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The Secret Language of Anatomy is an initiation into the mysterious subject of anatomical terminology. Beautifully crafted illustrations uncover the close relationship between the parts of the human body and the evocative names given to them by anatomists. Decoding the body's secret language brings to life the history of anatomical terms, and explains why some words are used to describe very different organs and structures.
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English
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I've been collecting material for this book since 1984 (no kidding!). What started off as a small compilation of pathology jargon (nutmeg liver, cobblestoning–colon, Orphan Annie eyes–thyroid), later expanded to encompass imaging (mogul sigh), molecular biology (Northern blot), informatics (WYSIWYG), forensic psychiatry (Ted Bundy), environment (Chernobyl), global village (Médecins sans Frontières), art (Starry sign), military medicine (Budd...
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Should medical doctors take alternative and complementary approaches to health seriously? Yes and no. Non-traditional health care excels in reducing the risk of western diseases, through diet, exercise and lifestyle modification. It fails, sometimes spectacularly, to help patients once dread diseases such as AIDS and cancer develop. This dictionary was compiled by a pathologist. It separates the wheat of facts from the chaff of fantasy about complementary...
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It doesn't take a student long to realise how much jargon he or she needs to learn before becoming fluent in MedSpeak. This collection will be especially useful for those beginning their education and training in medicine It is the best (and most complete) book on the market for learning the new language of medicine and was written by a doctor for doctors at all levels
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English
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English for Paramedics is a reading book for doctors and medical students whose mother language is other than English and who need to perfect their language skills and professional knowledge at the same time. In the first volume the cases concern the following topics: airway and breathing assessment; proper interventions for patients with respiratory compromise; oxygen delivery systems; ventilatory support; respiratory anatomy and physiology; basic...
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Excellent Book for Patient Education and Perfect Tool for ESL Health Care ProvidersMedical consultation is a specific "questions and answers" session, in which the patient wants to receive the best treatments and the Medical specialist wants to give the best service. Therefore, medical specialists have to ask patients a series of questions on specific topics to understand fully patients' health conditions and medical history. The patients also...
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