Carl I. Cohen “Schizophrenia into Later Life: Treatment, Research, and Policy”
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. | 344 pages | 2003-04 | ISBN: 1585620378 | PDF | 1.34mb

We are on the verge of a crisis in mental health. Over the next 30 years the number of chronically mentally ill people 55 years of age and older will double. With multiple disorders relating to mental illness and old age, these people will require unique services from a health care system that is ill prepared to deliver them. Schizophrenia Into Later Life: Treatment, Research, and Policy is the first major multidisciplinary reference on this important topicAa landmark work for researchers, service providers, and policy makers.
Broad in scope, it discusses the demographic and clinical characteristics of older schizophrenic persons, details treatment approaches, suggests research strategies, and covers the relevant economic and health policy issues. -Unique. The most up-to-date, comprehensive source of information on this understudied group will help community psychiatrists, gerontologists, psychologists, policy makers, and social scientists meet a growing demand for services. -Multidisciplinary. Contributors have backgrounds in both aging and in biological psychiatry, social psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, social work, psychology, and neuropsychology to help professionals plan and deliver integrated services for the best outcome. -Comprehensive. Will serve as the key resource on the subject of schizophrenia in older people, covering epidemiology, biological aspects, psychosocial features, clinical care, and public policy. Today there is a distressing lack of age-appropriate clinical, rehabilitative, or residential programs for older patients with chronic mental illness. Schizophrenia in Later Life: Treatment, Research, and Policy will guide researchers, service providers, and policy makers in creating innovative new programs to help this underserved and growing population.
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Stephan C. Mann, Stanley N. Caroff, Paul E. Keck Jr., Arthur Lazarus”Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Related Conditions”
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. | 216 pages | 2003-04 | ISBN: 1585620114 | PDF | 1mb

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) and other hyperthermic conditions are rare complications of antipsychotic drugs that can cause discomfort, disability, and even death. As a result, every psychiatrist, physician, and mental health care professional needs to understand and identify these disorders in time to prevent a fatal outcome. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Related Conditions is an important tool for clinicians, outlining a framework for understanding, diagnosing, treating, and preventing these little-understood disorders.
This new edition extensively updates and revises the first edition, integrating an explosion of findings that have occurred since the earlier edition was published in 1989. In addition to NMS, chapters focus on antipsychotic drug-related heatstroke, hyperthermia associated with other neuropsychiatric drugs, and malignant catatonia, as well as -A new chapter on serotonin syndrome, the first comprehensive review to appear in the world literature. With the proliferation of serotonergic drugs such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), the incidence of adverse reactions is on the rise, and this information will help practitioners spot early warning signals. -Important information on thermoregulatory mechanisms to help clinicians understand the pathogenesis of hyperthermic conditions. With an understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying these conditions, practitioners will develop more effective strategies for recognition, diagnosis, and treatment. Written by four internationally renowned authorities on NMS, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Related Conditions is the most comprehensive resource on the subject in existence. With nearly 850 citations in the reference section, it is a must for researchersAand for practitioners who need a practical approach based on the most current science.
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Wave Propagation, Observation and Control in 1-d Flexible Multi-Structures
Publisher: Springer | Pages: 221 | 2005-10-06 | ISBN: 3540272399 | PDF | 1.5 MB

This volume presents a detailed study of partial differential equations on planar graphs modeling networked flexible mechanical structures. Special emphasis is laid on the understanding of wave propagation phenomena, through the analysis of the problems of observability and controllability from small regions of the graph or its boundary. Some of these results are extended to the heat, beam and Schrödinger equations on planar graphs.
Designed as a self-contained introductory course on control and observation of networks, the volume contains also some advanced topics and new techniques which may be of interest for researchers in this area. It also includes a list of open problems and topics for future research.
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G. David Perkin “An Illustrated Pocketbook of Parkinsons Disease and Related Disorders”
Informa HealthCare | 2003-06-24 | ISBN: 1842141422 | 80 pages | PDF | 3,8 MB

An authoritative introduction to Parkinson’s disease and its related disorders and syndromes, this book provides a concise overview of the disease and its diagnosis and management. The author presents samples of clinical, investigative (CT, MRI, and PET), and pathological images with succinct descriptive text of the disorders featured. He describes the conditions related to Parkinson’s disease, and the pictures provide pathological macroscopic and microscopic sections, various imaging studies, and details of movement disorders in general. The book will serve as a useful teaching tool that demonstrates the imaging and pathology of the disease.
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Colonel Glantz”Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)”
Frank Cass | 352 pages | 2004-08-31 | ISBN: 0415351162 | PDF | 1.3mb

This book is an edited translation of the Soviet Staff study of the Red Army’s Belorussian operation in the summer of 1944, which was unprecedented in terms of its scale, scope and strategic consequences. The Soviet Stavka had planned a campaign consisting of a series of massive operations spanning the entire Soviet-German front. Four powerful fronts (army groups) operated under close Stavka (high command) control. Over 1.8 million troops accomplished a feat unique in the history of the Red Army: the defeat and dismemberment of an entire German army group.

This book is a translation of the Soviet General Staff Study No 18, a work originally classified as secret and intended to educate Soviet commanders and staff officers. The operation is presented from the Soviet perspective, in the words of the individuals who planned and orchestrated the plans. A map supplement, including terrain maps, is provided to illustrate the flow of the operation in greater detail.
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The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession By Peter L. Bernstein
Publisher: Wiley 2004 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0470091002 | PDF (HQ) | 37.7 MB

Incorporating myth, history and contemporary investigation, Bernstein tells the story of how human beings have become intoxicated, obsessed, enriched, impoverished, humbled and proud for the sake of gold. From the past to the future, Bernstein’s portrayal of gold is intimately linked to the character of humankind.

In the first chapter of his book The Power of Gold, Peter Bernstein quotes the immortal words of King Ferdinand of Spain, who once declared: “Get gold, humanely if possible, but at all hazards–get gold.” As ensuing chapters reveal, man’s obsession with finding, keeping, selling, and evaluating gold has rarely been a humane adventure and has always been a hazardous one. Digging deeply into history’s treasury of torrid tales and complicated deals, Bernstein examines gold’s lure with an economist’s passion for quantification, a historian’s eye for detail, and a sociologist’s feel for its consequence.

Useless as a metal for most practical purposes, gold originally held value as decoration and adornment for the wealthy ancients. Later, it was minted and used as coins by the Lydians in 635 B.C. That, Bernstein goes on to reveal, put gold on a path from the concrete to the abstract, from evidence of wealth to the standard behind wealth in other forms, and finally to the tenuous place it holds in today’s virtual world of credit cards and computer chips. Along the way lie wild stories of lives destroyed, fortunes won and quickly lost, and values transformed: the massacre by the Spanish invader Pizarro, whose small band of men decimated the formidable army of Emperor Atahualpa, “the Inca,” through more duplicity than military skill; the roller-coaster ride of the 1890s, when the rippling impact of the Baring Brothers bank crisis in Britain sent the isolated United States into an economic meltdown; and the surplus of the Gold Coast natives of Timbuktu, who willingly traded their gold for much-needed salt, ounce for ounce.

Bernstein is a great storyteller. His accounts of mythological, ancient, and recent history ooze with odd and entertaining details that bring each successive tale of obsession to life. If not for his skill, the sheer volume of events collected here–presented more anecdotally than systematically–would be overwhelming. In the end, though, it is Bernstein’s fascination with the power of gold to entangle and entrap its possessors, and its ultimate ability to change the course of entire eras and civilizations, that makes his book as fascinating as it is informative. A dense but entertaining read. –S. Ketchum

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Tim Sauber “Structured Creativity: Formulating an Innovation Strategy”
Palgrave Macmillan | 2006-01-27 | ISBN: 1403991502 | 256 pages | PDF | 8,7 MB

Innovation is crucial for competitive advantage and long-term success. Based on both theory and practice, this book develops an architecture that enables companies to understand their innovation system and encourage creativity at a strategic level. It provides concrete, structured ideas for fostering technology and business innovations, while also allowing organizational innovations; creativity, efficiency and effectiveness need not be contradictory requirements.

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Indian Business Culture By Rajiv Desai
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann 1999 | 157 Pages | ISBN: 9810093276 | PDF | 1.6 MB

Indian Business Culture addresses the cultural issues related to doing business in India. It looks at the impact of history and politics on business practice, and provides case studies to show how different companies have fared in India.

India is one of the most rapidly developing economies in the world. Increasing numbers of multi-national companies are investing in large-scale projects in India, and business is booming.India is also a country of great racial and cultural diversity, often misunderstood by the world at large.

Indian Business Culture is ideal for those who want to understand India and its people better, and to enhance your chances of being successful in business there. It provides an objective look at the complexities of conducting business in India. Such insights are vital for risk assessments as well as for negotiations.

Rajiv Desai is President of Indian Public Affairs Network, the country’s premier public relations/public affairs consulting firm. Mr Desai was media advisor to Rajiv Gandhi in the 1989 and 1991 election campaigns. He is also a journalist and his work has been published in a wide variety of international newspapers and magazines.

Written by a local expert
Enhances your chances of being successful in business in India
Includes case studies to show how companies have fared

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William Inboden”Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1960: The Soul of Containment”
Cambridge University Press | 368 pages | 2008-08-25 | ISBN: 0521513472 | PDF | 2mb

The Cold War was in many ways a religious war. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and other American leaders believed that human rights and freedoms were endowed by God, that God had called the United States to defend liberty in the world, and that Soviet communism was especially evil because of its atheism and its enmity to religion. Along with security and economic concerns, these religious convictions also helped determine both how the United States defined the enemy and how it fought the conflict. Meanwhile, American Protestant churches failed to seize the moment. Internal differences over theology and politics, and resistance to cooperation with Catholics and Jews, hindered Protestant leaders domestically and internationally. Frustrated by these internecine disputes, Truman and Eisenhower attempted instead to construct a new civil religion. This public theology was used to mobilize domestic support for Cold War measures, to determine the strategic boundaries of containment, to appeal to people of all religious faiths around the world to unite against communism, and to undermine the authority of communist governments within their own countries.
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