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Modern epidemiology / by Rothman, Kenneth J.

Table of Contents: “…Buehler -- Using secondary data / Jørn Olsen -- Field methods in epidemiology / Patricia Hartge and Jack Cahill -- Ecologic studies / Hal Morgenstern -- Social epidemiology / Jay S. Kaufman -- Infectious disease epidemiology / C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., and Barbara E. …”
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Modern epidemiology / by Rothman, Kenneth J.

Table of Contents: “…Buehler -- Using secondary data / Jørn Olsen -- Field methods in epidemiology / Patricia Hartge and Jack Cahill -- Ecologic studies / Hal Morgenstern -- Social epidemiology / Jay S. Kaufman -- Infectious disease epidemiology / C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., and Barbara E. …”
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Principles and practice of pediatric oncology /

Table of Contents: “…Epidemiology of childhood cancer -- Childhood cancer and heredity -- Molecular and genetic basis of childhood cancer -- Biology of childhood cancer -- Tumor immunology and pediatric cancer -- Clinical assessment and differential diagnosis of the child with suspected cancer -- Pathology and molecular diagnosis of leukemias and lymphomas -- Diagnostic pathology of pediatric malignancies -- Imaging studies in the diagnosis and management of pediatric malignancies -- General principles of chemotherapy -- Molecularly targeted therapies and biotherapeutics -- General principles of surgery -- General principles of radiation oncology -- Adoptive cellular immunotherapy -- Adolescents and young adults with cancer -- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in pediatric oncology -- Cancer clinical trials: design, conduct, analysis, and reporting -- Maximizing safety in cancer treatment -- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- Acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes -- Myeloproliferative neoplasms of childhood -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Malignant Non-Hodgkin lymphomas in children -- Lymphoproliferative disorders and malignancies related to immunodeficiencies -- Histiocytic diseases -- Gliomas, ependymomas, and other nonembryonal tumors of the central nervous system -- Embryonal and pineal region tumors -- Retinoblastoma -- Live tumors -- Renal tumors -- Neuroblastoma -- Rhabdomyosarcoma -- The nonrhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma -- Ewing sarcoma -- Osteosarcoma -- Germ cell tumors -- Endocrine tumors -- Rare pediatric tumors -- Oncologic emergencies -- Hematologic supportive care for children with cancer -- Infectious complications in pediatric cancer patients -- Nutritional supportive care -- Pain and symptom management -- Nursing support of the child with cancer -- Rehabilitation of the child with cancer -- Psychiatric and psychosocial support for the child and family -- The other side of the bed: what caregivers can learn from listening to patients and their families -- Ethical considerations in pediatric oncology -- Late effects of childhood cancer and its treatment -- Educational issues for children with cancer -- Palliative care for the child with cancer -- Economic issues in pediatric cancer -- Pediatric cance policy and case advocacy on insurance, education, and employment -- Complementary and alternative medical therapies in pediatric oncology -- Pediatric oncology in countries with limited resources.…”
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Modeling and Simulation, plus Econophysics Colloquium 2014

Table of Contents: “….- Detectability threshold of the spectral method for graph partitioning.- Spread of Infectious Diseases with a Latent Period.-Chapter 3 Interaction and Distribution -- Geographic Dependency of Population Distribution- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Influenza Epidemics in Japan -- A Universal Lifetime Distribution for Multi-Species Systems -- Firm Age Distributions and the Decay Rate of Firm Activities -- Empirical Analysis of Firm-Dynamics on Japanese Inter-firm trade Network -- Direct participants’ behavior through the lens of transactional analysis: the case of SPEI -- Chapter 4 Traffic and Pedestrian -- Pedestrian Dynamics in Jamology -- Qualitative Methods of Validating Evacuation Behaviors -- Collective dynamics of pedestrians with no fixed destination -- Traffic Simulation of Kobe-city -- MOSAIIC: city-level agent-based traffic simulation adapted to emergency situations -- GUI for Agent Based Modeling -- Chapter 5 Social Media -- Emotional Changes in Japanese Blog Space Resulting from the 3.11 Earthquake -- Modeling of ENJYO via process of consensus formation on SNS -- A network structure of emotional interactions in an electronic bulletin board -- Scale-free network topologies with clustering similar to online social networks -- Identifying Colors of Products and Associated Personalized Recommendation Engine in e-Fashion Business.…”
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Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology /

Table of Contents: “…Difficult pain syndromes: neuropathic pain, bone pain, and visceral pain -- Opioid pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacologic management of pain -- Interventional approaches to pain -- Pathology of bone metastases-implications for treatment -- Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Fever and sweats -- Hot flashes -- Anorexia/weight loss -- Dysphagia/speech rehabilitation in palliative care -- Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting and treatment-related nausea and vomiting -- Assessment of management of chronic nausea and vomiting -- Diarrhea, malabsorption, and constipation -- Bowel obstruction -- Diagnosis and management of effusions -- Hiccups and other gastrointestinal symptoms -- Biology of treatment-induced mucositis -- Oral manifestations and complications of cancer therapy -- Approach to liver metastases in palliative oncology -- Palliative endoscope procedures -- Palliative interventional radiologic procedures -- Pruritus -- Treatment of tumor-related skin disorders -- Dermatologic adverse events during treatment -- Management of pressure ulcers and fungating wounds -- Lymphedema -- Principles of fistula and stoma management -- Dyspnea in the cancer patient -- Hemoptysis, airway obstruction, bronchospasm, cough, and pulmonary complications/symptoms of cancer and its treatment -- Prevention, assessment, and management of treatment-induced cardiac disease in cancer patients -- Management of hypercoagulable states and coagulopathy -- Urologic issues in palliative care -- Impact of hepatic and renal dysfunction on pharmacology of palliative care drugs -- Hypercalcemia -- Metabolic disorders in the cancer patient -- Infectious complications/management --…”
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Koenig and Schultz's disaster medicine comprehensive principles and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Ethical issues in disaster medicine Gregory Luke Larkin; 6. Emerging infectious diseases Shantini D. Gamage, Stephen M. Kralovic and Gary A. …”
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Understanding Society and Natural Resources Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences /

Table of Contents: “…: Jörg Friedrichs -- Chapter 11: Developing Social - Ecological Models of Emerging Infectious Disease: Melissa L. Finucane, Jefferson Fox, Sumeet Saksena, Jim Spencer -- Chapter 12: Social Perspectives on Land Degradation and Desertification: The Case of Migration and Conflict: Andreas Rechkemmer, Walter Amman,  Luc Gnacadja -- Chapter 13: Seeking Multilevel Dimensions for Social-Psychological Research in Society and Natural Resources: Mike Manfredo, Elke Weber, Tara Teel -- Part 3: Methodological Advances for Facilitating Social Science Integration: Chapter 14: Human Agency in Spatial Models of Land Change: Peter Verburg -- Chapter 15: Agent-based Modeling: Randall Boone, Kathleen Galvin -- Chapter 16: Social Network Analysis: Philip Vaughter and Jeff Broadbent -- Chapter 17: Systems and Learning Approaches for Integrating Social Sciences into Policy Processes: Kevin Collins.…”
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