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Its conceptual and operational structure is described in the first part, together with a practically oriented definition of strategy, and a brief discussion of the logic and benefits of the judgmental modeling approach to decision making.

The contents of this book are a selection taken from materials that have been developed during the preparation of continuing education courses (distance learning), whose scientific advisor is the volume editor, Professor Allaria, and that have never previously been published.

Groups are a means of classification, via the group action on a set, but also the object of a classification. Hoelder's program for attacking this problem in the case of finite groups is a sort of leitmotiv throughout the text. The last two chapters deal with the representation theory of finite group and the cohomology theory of groups;

The book provides a clear overview of the various research stages of cardiac surgery, interventional cardiology, and cardiac anesthesia.

Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy is a multifaceted systemic disease with variable presentation and clinical picture. Specific topics such as leprosy and pregnancy, leprosy and HIV infection, epidemiology, and leprosy control will also be covered.

This book deals with several topics in algebra useful for computer science applications and the symbolic treatment of algebraic problems, pointing out and discussing their algorithmic nature.

Although there has been a slow but steady decrease in incidence, gastric cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide.

This book provides an overview on sports traumatology and orthopedics, involving different body sections. It details recently introduced diagnostic tools, such as hip arthroscopy, as well as related areas like nutrition, training and rehabilitation.

This book offers a mathematical update of the state of the art of the research in the field of mathematical and numerical models of the circulatory system.

This short book, geared towards undergraduate students of computer science and mathematics, is specifically designed for a first course in mathematical logic.

The aim of this book to promote a multidisciplinary approach to Spina Bifida, providing the three main specialists categories involved - neurosurgeon, orthopedic surgeons, and urologists - with a concise reference that explains the main clinical problems to be faced in everyday clinical practice.

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) has become the standard of reference in dental imaging. In this setting, it is now essential that medical and technical staff receive specific training in the use of CBCT and that technical guidelines for CBCT examinations are established.

This book collects several contributions, written both by statisticians and medical doctors, which focus on the identification of new diagnostic, therapeutic and organizational strategies in order to improve the occurrence of clinical outcomes for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) patients.

Detractors counter these arguments by claiming that eHealth has already failed: the UK Department of Health has shut down the NHS National Program for IT, Google has discontinued its Health flagship, and doubts have arisen over privacy safeguards for both patients and medical professionals.

This volume presents a selection of contributions to the XXIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on "Public debt, global governance and economic dynamism". The Seminar was held against the backdrop of high levels of public debt, especially in Europe, combined with very low growth in productivity.

This richly illustrated book covers all types of wrist dislocation and fracture-dislocation. It provides detailed information on anatomy and biomechanics as well as explains the terminology and classification of injuries.

Written by internationally renowned experts, this updated volume is a collection of chapters dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in musculoskeletal diseases.

The availability and diffusion of high-performance technologies has strengthened the role of CT angiography and MR angiography as simple and reliable techniques for the characterization and treatment planning of the main diseases of the cardiocirculatory system, an understanding of which has become essential for all radiologists.

This book combines clear explanatory text with a wealth of images of ECG recordings in order to provide an accessible, up-to-date source of information and guide to interpretation for all professionals seeking to increase their expertise in electrocardiography.

d) nonverbal communication and emotion contribution to the communicative systems.New methodological approaches are considered, with particular attention to neuroimaging (such as PET and fMRI) and brain stimulation techniques (as MEG and TMS), as well as their application to the clinical field.

This detailed book offers an introduction to the mathematical, probabilistic and numerical methods used in the modern theory of option pricing. It includes a full treatment of arbitrage theory in discrete and continuous time.

Le persone rimaste coinvolte in un evento traumatico hanno bisogno di professionisti che forniscano loro un sostegno rapido ed efficace. Le situazioni in cui è richiesto questo tipo di aiuto sono moltissime: un incidente, una diagnosi medica negativa, la perdita di una persona cara, un rovescio economico, ma anche le conseguenze di abusi, tentativi di suicidio, disastri naturali, terrorismo. La cosiddetta crisis intervention, cioè il supporto psicologico nei casi di emergenza, può essere praticata da medici, educatori, operatori del pronto intervento oppure volontari nei centri d'ascolto - tutti devono sapersi muovere in condizioni di intenso stress emotivo per le vittime. Questa guida pratica fornisce risposte chiare e immediate su come trattare le emergenze più comuni ed espone i sintomi dei diversi traumi, i casi di studio e i protocolli che è necessario adottare. Una risorsa di rapida consultazione sia per gli esperti sia per chi è al principio della propria esperienza sul campo.