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本書對於「六三問題」與台灣知識菁英自治主張的相關研究，著重於法律與政治思想的論述，探討的內容包括：日本憲政體制下六三法制的立法精神與其對殖民地壓制的影響；1920年代初期，留日台灣學生承接「六三問題」的權利意識，結合台灣傳統士紳，反對六三法、抗拒日本內地延長主義與同化主義，並進行殖民政策的多方辯論；台灣近代政治運動開端的台灣議會設置請願運動，充分展現日治時期台灣人自治主義的追求精神，台灣知識菁英秉著立憲政治應有的基本權利，積極向殖民母國爭取台灣人立法參政權以及台灣預算審議權，直至1930年代受到日本強力控管自我解散前，共15次、長達14年強烈地展現殖民地人民自主性的積極作為。本於法律、政治權利的合憲主張，超越了民族情感訴求的層次，台灣人的自治主張對於聯繫戰後以及今日台灣民主憲政的發展，有其無可抹滅的重要影響。

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本書是目前各式有關台灣民俗出版品中，唯一針對澎湖一地做專文介紹的著作。文中首先簡介澎湖的地理、歷史環境，進而說明澎湖的食衣住行、農漁產業、衛生、醫療、宗教等各種民情風俗，最後蒐羅了各種民間故事、傳說、謎語、諺語、褒歌等民間文學資料，並加以適當評述。書中引用的文獻資料廣博而詳盡，對於有心瞭解澎湖、認識澎湖民俗的讀者，是一本值得推薦的好書。

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- How many times have you heard the phrase: `it’s all political correctness gone mad!’

- Do you ever wonder whether colleges and universities are really awash with trivial concerns about the use of language or whether they are actually trying to address serious concerns about discrimination and harassment?

- Have you ever wanted to get to the bottom of what all the fuss is about?

This book is the first major study of political correctness in post compulsory education to be published in the UK. For readers in the UK unfamiliar with the nature of the controversies in US college campuses this book offers a comprehensive assessment of the key themes, including who and what was behind key campaigns. For readers in the US unfamiliar with how this cultural export has faired in the UK this book looks at the significant similarities and differences in the ways that the phrase has been used in both societies.

Apart from addressing the roots of political correctness the book seeks to show how the phrase has helped to complicate the traditional boundaries between those on the political Left and those on the political Right. The book also demonstrates in clear terms how the phrase is integral to understanding key themes in cultural theory, such as postmodernism and identity politics.

- This book is intended to be of interest to a number of readers:

- Teachers working in colleges and universities;

- Teacher educators and student teachers working on programmes of initial teacher education;

Students studying undergraduate programmes in comparative politics and/or sociology and cultural studies

Finally, the book will seek to capture the reflections of prominent academics and educationalists bon both sides of the Atlantic, who have worked in environments where the phrase has impinged on aspects of their work over the last twenty five years.

If you think that `political correctness’ simply amounts to what jokes you are allowed to tell in a classroom, hopefully this book will challenge you to think again.

From: http://www.amazon.com

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Multiversities are sprawling conglomerates that provide liberal undergraduate, graduate, and professional education. As well-springs of innovation and ideas, these universities represent the core of society?s research enterprise. Multiversities, Ideas, and Democracy forcibly argues that, in the contemporary world, multiversities need to be conceptualized in a new way, that is, not just as places of teaching and research, but also as fundamental institutions of democracy.

Building upon the history of universities, George Fallis discusses how the multiversity is a distinctive product of the later twentieth century and has become an institution of centrality and power. He examines five characteristics of our age ? the constrained welfare state, the information technology revolution, postmodern thought, commercialization, and globalization ? and in each case explains how the dynamic of multiversity research alters societal circumstances, leading to the alteration of the institution itself and creating challenges to its own survival. The character of our age demands reappraisal of the multiversity, Fallis argues, in order to safeguard them from so-called ?mission drift.? Writing from a multi-national perspective, this study establishes how similar ideas are shaping multiversities across the Anglo-American world.

Ultimately, Multiversities, Ideas, and Democracy seeks to uncover the ethos of the multiversity and to hold such institutions accountable for their contribution to democratic life. It will appeal to anyone interested in the role of education in society.

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This book describes approaches to understanding cultures in higher education and pays particular attention to cultures and cultural construction at departmental level. Implications of cultural characteristics for issues around change initiatives, including the enhancement of teaching, learning and assessment are a key focus of this book.

From: http://www.borders.com

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Not that Bridget is counting, but it’s been six wonderful weeks, four fabulous days, and seven percious hours with one flawless boyfriend, Mark. But when mischievous and devilishly charming Daniel arrives on the scene claiming to be a reformed man, can Bridget find a way to make true love last forever?

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本片為大智者詠給.明就仁波切應臺中噶舉自生遍在佛學中心之請,以結合音樂與禪修的形式,所主持的「聲空不二音樂禪」活動.透過仁波切淺顯易懂、妙語如珠的生動開示,引導普羅大眾以音樂做為助緣與對境進入禪修,漸次體驗禪修的精髓–覺知與正念.祈望藉此帶給大眾身心靈之安寧與究竟之快樂.

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結合竹器、尺八、洞簫、鑼、能劇、歌舞伎的太鼓藝術,精準擊鼓,肢體律動搭配鮮艷服飾造型,不論取鏡或剪接聲光效果都無懈可擊.好的鼓聲首先要有好的太鼓,「舞太鼓飛鳥組」所選用的太鼓是由超過200年以上樹齡的木挖鑿,兩端繫上牛皮,並經過準確的測量與嚴謹的修飾而成,最大的要「騎」在鼓上擊奏,中的置於木架上,小的可繫於腰間,大的音沉又重,小的音尖又脆,可以想像一下數十個不同大小的太鼓齊奏的強大音牆共鳴聲是何等震撼?

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時下青少年時常抱怨”我的時間不夠用”,他們說”我要上學,交朋友,寫作業,課外學習…等”,乍聽之下很有道理,但是他們對於時間的分配、運用、控制與管理是否正確而踏實,本節目告訴您如何建立”時間管理”的觀念,採取步驟,減少壓力,從優先順序,訂計劃及時間表….

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葛蘭特在夏洛基督教學院擔任足球教練長達六年，但是學校足球隊毫無起色，學校裡的很多職員和家長都主張開除他，另外葛蘭特還發現自己有不孕症，這段時間是他一生中最暗淡的時間。不過他靠著宗教的力量支撐，逐漸走出陰影。他還把宗教的力量用在指導球員上面，讓他們克服了恐懼和壓力。結果在新的球季中，球隊果然表現得很好，最後甚至獲得了州冠軍…

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1910年,一個在世界強國中呼風喚雨的皇朝,以英國的君主政體為中心,而約翰王子是其中最年輕的成員.約翰這孩子善良,洞察力敏銳而幽默,他見證許多現代史的重大事件.他在襁褓時期正值大英帝國的盛世,隨著愛德華七世與亞歷珊卓王后過著奢華的宮廷生活.但是大戰一觸卽發,新加冕的父親喬治五世與母親瑪莉王后捲入混亂的世局,無暇看著這特別孩子的成長.他患有癲癇症,經醫生診斷為低能兒,因此被視為會讓家族蒙羞.正當歐洲的情勢動盪不安,約翰在桑令罕的偏遠農莊由奶媽拉拉悉心照顧.拉拉為這男孩奉獻一生,並決心點醒皇室–約翰是不折不扣的王子.

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《黑書》的故事啟發自二次世界大戰期間的真實事件,美麗的猶太裔女歌手瑞秋在躲避德軍屠殺的逃亡過程中,被反抗軍收容.為滲透敵營,瑞秋化身為美艷的金髮尤物艾莉絲,並奉命接近德國指揮官蒙茲,蒙茲對她的瘋狂迷戀,使她成功取得其信任,兩人情慾交纏的關係暗藏著秘密與矛盾.然而當艾莉絲執行的一場救援計畫,因自己同胞的背叛而失敗曝光後,艾莉絲頓時成為德軍和反抗軍共同的敵人,而此時不惜冒生命危險守護她的,正是她欺騙利用的蒙茲.當兩人期盼的終戰日終於來臨,艾莉絲卻沒有因此得到自由,即使她正準備揪出真正的叛徒,但她的同胞卻只相信一件事,『所有的倖存者都是有罪的』…

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[荒涼山莊]被視為狄更斯的代表作之一,如今改編成一齣流暢、大膽又引人入勝的電視劇.電視版保留了原著的驚悚、浪漫和巧妙的喜感,但是少了原著的多愁善感,使得這齣脈動又尖銳的電視劇讓觀眾看得入迷,無法自己.三名被捲入一場冗長官司的年輕人找尋他們在這個世界上的定位.他們的故事牽扯出許多精彩的人物,從滿懷熱情的年輕戀人到冷酷無情的律師,從一名冷若冰霜的高貴美女到一名精明、不輕言放棄的偵探…直到最後的高潮戲登場!

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本書結合了醫療人類學與醫療社會學的相關方法及概念，亦即在跨文化的醫療比較模態中來討論醫療社會面向的種種問題，包括在不同社會文化或者是不同時空背景下的文化中，所具有的疾病與生病問題、醫病關係問題、甚至是醫療的社會控制問題等。在這般相關方法及概念的鋪陳後，本書便進入了實質醫療與文化的討論部分，也就是針對在台灣的西醫和傳統醫療之文化影響模式進行探討。

所以從整體結構來看，全書係分三篇來進行章節的鋪陳，第一篇是屬於醫療文化的相關概念建構和討論部分，用來作為下兩篇討論台灣醫療文化現象的理念論證基礎。所以從第二篇起，本書便進入了台灣醫療文化的論述過程，而這一篇主要是以現代醫療的相關文化現象做為討論的主體，到了第三篇時，醫療文化的討論主體即轉向了包含中醫、民俗醫療以及原住民醫療等台灣傳統醫療模式。

資料來源:誠品網路書店

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故事藉由她透露了滑鐵盧戰役前後,英國中上階層社會的腐敗和偽善:看她如何盲目地追求滑稽的莎德利先生,最後費盡心思和出身貴族的羅頓科羅利上尉完成一段不被祝福的婚姻.相反的,貝姬的好朋友艾蜜麗亞,對世事險惡全然不知的她將芳心默許給浪蕩子喬治奧斯朋,但渾然不知自己深受達賓上尉的愛慕.到底這兩位女子該如何面對情場和現實人生的浮浮沉沉…

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【一則真實的故事】
胎兒尚未出世，凱瑟琳就獲知兒子腦中有良性囊腫。雷克斯八週大就接受了第一次腦部外科手術。手術後的雷克斯呆滯無神地直盯著媽媽，像是充滿了懇求。事隔兩個月她才知道那眼神的意義，就在醫生告訴她真相之後：「妳的兒子看不見。」

發現雷克斯有自閉症時，凱瑟琳幾近崩潰。雷克斯坐輪椅、餵食管、不會說話、只吃流質食物。一開始真的好難，就像承受可怕的酷刑。眼睛看不見的自閉小孩躲在自己的黑暗世界裡，情況一天比一天嚴重。為什麼上帝要讓這個無辜的小孩承擔他無法承受的障礙？他要如何才能進入人群？

「無憂無慮的童年」對雷克斯來說太奢侈，養育的困境一波波朝凱瑟琳襲來，丈夫因無法理解她的辛酸與挫折而選擇離開。凱瑟琳一再壓抑憤怒與痛苦，她的內心掙扎無人能理解，只因為她的兒子不是個一般的孩子。

【因愛而創造出奇蹟】

一個音樂鍵盤改變了困境：雷克斯的小指頭第一次觸到音鍵，整張小臉蛋全亮了起來，原本易受環境影響而不安失控的他，在音樂中找到了平靜與和諧。雷克斯開始會笑、會走路、會說話，開口說話後會說的第三個字是「鋼琴」，穿鞋子時笨拙不已的雙手，在鋼琴鍵盤上穩健如飛，他渾厚的嗓音，是天籟。

雷克斯開始用音樂發光發熱，他的溫暖感染了周遭每個人。雷克斯讓世人看見了奇蹟，激勵許多人脫離人生逆境，雷克斯改變了世界！

美國CBS知名新聞節目《六十分鐘》為凱瑟琳和雷克斯製作兩集專訪，英國BBC也製作了紀錄片，他們的故事帶給類似狀況的家庭莫大的鼓舞。誠如勇敢的母親凱瑟琳所說，儘管未來的路仍不會好走，但她相信雷克斯因為有音樂而熱愛生命。

「只要有愛和信念，就可以創造奇蹟。」這句話聽起來不像是真的，但是凱瑟琳和雷克斯確實攜手創造出奇蹟，你，會為他們流下感動的熱淚。

資料來源:痞客邦讀創館

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◎「末期病人與家屬之間最遺憾的事，就是彼此無法開誠布公地面對病情，導致病人與家屬在謊言與疏離中，渡過生命最終的時刻。我們需要勇氣面對生命，我們更需要勇氣面對死亡，透過愛的抉擇，我們將看到生命最後的光輝，也是無可取代的美好。」～台灣安寧協會理事長　方俊凱

◎「在這本書內，對臨終醫療有詳細地敘述，包括各種止痛程序、保守治療、急救措施等等，對一個脆弱但珍貴的生命而言，這些醫療和用在健康的成人有很大的差異，包括許多人性化的考量值得醫護人員做參考。……一個智慧圓熟的現代人，都應該自修一門「生死學」，去參透人生的生老病死，也能更宏觀地去看人間世界的種種，對這本書的內容，就會有相當的認同。」～輔仁大學醫務副校長　江漢聲

◎「如果治療的目的不是回復健康，或維持一定的生命品質，那治療的意義已經不存在，這時候，我們要用更豁達的態度來看待，請不要拘泥於世俗的「孝順」、「親情」。」～城邦出版集團首席執行長　何飛鵬

◎「當代醫療強力介入人類生老病死的過程，卻在某些情境下背離初衷，留給病人與家屬更多傷痛。以院牧身份站在臨終照護第一線多年的作者，為讀者整理了四個需要做「困難抉擇」時不可或缺的醫療知識，並提供其專業建言。」～臺大醫院精神部主治醫師，《罹癌母親給的七堂課》作者　　吳佳璇

◎「目前由臨床醫師主導的局面，是將「生、老、死」都當「病」在處理，完全忽視及扭曲了自然之「道」，間接也扭曲了人民的倫常思維，使原來是簡短、安祥、尊嚴的往生過程，在尊重生命、延長生命的思維下，實際變成了增加痛苦、延長死亡。」～中山醫院董事長　陳福民

◎「本書作者鄧恩為一位任職於醫院的浸信會院牧牧師，多年參與病人／家屬受苦及做醫療抉擇的經驗，非常生動及實用地描寫臨床上天天發生的醫療情境，使病人／家屬不致做出終生後悔，且無法彌補的四輸抉擇。這本書，不是有沒有興趣閱讀的問題，而是必須閱讀的問題。因為，人人都可能有一天會遭遇到生死兩難的抉擇，平時不準備，屆時就書到用時方恨少了！」～國立成功大學醫學院護理系教授　趙可式

資料來源:誠邦讀書花園

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本書簡介

Social work curriculum changes that really work.

The Boyer Report and the Council on Social Work Education have placed expectations on universities and social work programs to make sure undergraduate students know how to develop, use, and communicate empirically-based knowledge. Building Excellence is a handbook for integrating research into undergraduate curriculums, using the curriculum of the University of Tennessee College of Social Work as an example. This unique book showcases social work research conducted by UT seniors, who were paired upon graduation with doctoral students who helped them place their research in publication form.

Building Excellence demonstrates how universities can develop into communities of learners by strengthening critical thinking, independent thinking, and creative imagination at the undergraduate level. For several years, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has created opportunities for students to gain professional experience in their fields of interest through research projects that establish the connection between study and knowledge. The results of several projects conducted by UT seniors are presented here, reaffirming that faculty mentoring is crucial to this effort.

Student research findings presented in Building Excellence examine:

- emotional and behavioral symptoms of sexually abused children using two symptom scales—internalizing and externalizing

- stress and strain experienced by personal care assistants caring for people suffering from dementia

- the relationship between childhood abuse and adult suicide

- the effectiveness of court-mandated treatment of recidivism among juvenile offenders

- barriers to effective medication adherence among the elderly

Building Excellence demonstrates how the University of Tennessee’s social work curriculum has enhanced student capacity and practice effectiveness. The book is an essential read for social work academics working at all levels.

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Amongst the many books on the rights and wrongs of higher education each year, occasionally one appears with the power to truly transform the landscape and all those who learn, labor, lead and live within it. Such is the book, Teach Them to Challenge Authority: Educating for Healthy Societies by Gregory Prince. He builds on a traditional foundation of liberal learning in educating for critical thinking and the spirit of inquiry, expanding its role to meet the challenges of the 21st century by advocating for important global issues, such as civil liberties - even when these impinge on controversial issues such as reproductive rights - and social justice….Gregory Prince shows the path ahead with clarity, elegance and with ideas and writing that will move anyone who reads this book. — David K. Scott, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst

During a lifetime in higher education Gregory Prince has learned that exceptional universities in America and abroad refuse to be neutral about the great moral issues of their time. Students deserve and demand that their institutions be as brave as they are. Mr. Prince certainly is, as he cogently and courageously presents the case for colleges to be involved in their communities and their country. He takes us to Africa, Australia and Europe to provide inspiring examples of how students and educators can respect and motivate each other to improve their societies. You can’t put this book down, and you won’t. — Paul Gambaccini, BBC Radio

Prince’s message is of particular relevance in today’s fractured and dangerous world….Education is a fundamental force in the historical evolution of civilization in its broadest sense, encompassing a plethora of cultures and societies. This book is essential reading for educators at university level and of great benefit to the general reader concerned with the role of education in our changing society. — Iqbal Riza, former Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

The first intelligent book written about what the educational process has the capacity to accomplish. — Andrew Sigler, former CEO of Champion International and former member of the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College

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Contrary to popular opinion, college and university faculty often experience a greater amount of stress than professionals in many other occupations. Faculty Stress takes a comprehensive look at faculty stress, its causes, and its consequences. This unique book explores the wide range of factors associated with work-related stress, the sources and perceptions of stress in differing academic environments, and the importance of gender factors in understanding and dealing with work stress in academia. Respected authorities discuss quantitative and qualitative research, case studies, and provide helpful policy recommendations.

As higher education rapidly changes, the importance of understanding and effectively dealing with the stress that faculty endures increases. Faculty Stress explores in detail how change affects work and personal lives of faculty. This revealing book is crucial for current faculty and administrators who want to understand and effectively deal with stress, as well as future faculty who need to know how to better prepare for the rigors of their college and university academic profession.

Faculty Stress is a valuable resource for faculty, higher education administrators, graduate students who intend to become faculty, librarians, higher education scholars, and scholars who study work and occupations.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.

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Plagiarism takes an in-depth look at the history of plagiarism in higher education in light of today’s Web-based plagiarism detection services. Challenging the widespread assumption that plagiarism is a simple matter of student cheating or scriptural error, Bill Marsh argues that today’s teachers and educational institutions may be cheating themselves and their students in pursuing quick-fix solutions to the so-called epidemic of student plagiarism. When students submit papers cribbed from materials found on the Web or purchase research papers from Internet paper mills, these acts of sedition must also be recognized, for better or worse, as examples of new-media composition techniques.

Examining Web-based plagiarism detection services and software such as Glatt, EVE, Plagiarism-Finder, and Turnitin.com, Marsh contends that these services regulate writing and reading practices in ways consistent with precomputer, even preindustrial, efforts to manage and refine human behavior. As he weaves together print history, education, rhetoric, and communication theory, Marsh shows that the rules governing plagiarism and the proper use of borrowed materials have their origins in early intellectual property law, in the reading practices of twelfth-century monks, and the precepts of medieval alchemy. Through an examination of these prescholastic models, this book calls for a revised approach to academic writing in computer-mediated environments.

“Most academics have not moved past nineteenth- and twentieth-century ideas about plagiarism. This book could help bring many into postmillennial thinking about this controversial topic.” — Deborah H. Burns, Merrimack College

“I appreciate the way the author has explored and complicated the many different facets of plagiarism, including the high-profile cases of Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin. In addition, Marsh’s discussion of the historical underpinnings of our modern (and postmodern) notions of plagiarism is thorough and convincing, helping put the problem of plagiarism into perspective.” — Lise Buranen, coeditor of Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World

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It is widely assumed that admission to elite U.S. universities is based solely on academic merit—the best and brightest are admitted to Harvard, Yale, and their peer institutions as determined by test scores and GPA, and not by lineage or family income. But does reality support those expectations? Or are admissions governed by a logic that rewards socioeconomic status while disguising it as personal merit?

The Power of Privilege examines the nexus between social class and admissions at America’s top colleges from the vantage point of Yale University, a key actor in the history of higher education. It is a documented history of the institutional gatekeepers, confident of the validity of socially biased measures of merit, seeking to select tomorrow’s leadership class from among their economically privileged clientele. Acceptance in prestigious colleges still remains beyond the reach of most students except those from high-income professional families. Ultimately, the author suggests reforms that would move America’s top schools toward becoming genuine academic meritocracies.

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This book on nanodiamonds is the first of its kind. Nanodiamonds are indispensable for polishing industrial materials (e.g. computer hard drives and read heads) and advanced ceramics (e.g. silicon carbide and gem diamond). This book is valuable for those dealing with nanodiamonds, as well as these interested in a general education of nano-sized materials.

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Today there is worldwide concern that many of our human activities are endangering-perhaps permanently-the quality of the environment. We must act fast to address these growing problems.nbsp;nbsp;The second edition of Principles of Environmental Chemistry exposes readers to environmental issues from a perspective that appreciates that chemical reactions drive all natural processes and outlines the connection between those processes and human behavior.nbsp; Written for students with knowledge of general chemistry, this text provides the tools needed to understand the underlying chemical processes operating in the environment, while demonstrating how challenging it is to measure these systems.nbsp; With this concept of interdependence students willnbsp;begin to understand pressing environmental issues like ozone depletion, global warming, air and water pollution, and the hazards of radioactivity.

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This book presents the current status of knowledge about ligand-specific intracellular signaling. Theoretical and mechanistic aspects of functional selectivity are presented first, followed by detailed chapters on specific therapeutically relevant receptors. The purpose is to present what we currently know about ligand-specific intracellular signaling with a focus on its relevance to drug development. This is a relatively new and evolving field with numerous potential applications. The book does a commendable job of providing a theoretical background and summarizing the relevant literature for a number of specific receptors. This book will be of greatest interest and utility to scientists actively involved in research into G protein-coupled receptors or drug discovery. It is highly technical and assumes that the reader is familiar with receptor theory and G protein-coupled receptors specifically. The editor, a senior research career scientist at the Portland VA Medical Center and professor of behavioral neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University, is an established authority on G protein-coupled receptors, particularly dopamine receptors. The chapter authors are authorities on their respective topics. Six chapters on the theoretical and mechanistic aspects of functional selectivity begin the book. These are followed by chapters reviewing the primary literature supporting the existence of functional selectivity for adrenergic, muscarinic, serotonergic, dopaminergic, cannabinoid, opioid, and other peptide receptors; and the relevance of those findings to drug development. All chapters have extensive reference lists. High quality graphics aid understanding of the material. This is a technically sophisticated, thorough, and detailed assessment of the current state of knowledge and recent developments in the field of G protein-coupled receptor function, signaling, and pharmacology.
來源：Doody’s Reviews
評論者：Beth Levant, Ph.D.(University of Kansas Medical Center)

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Furse, Christensen, and Durney’s (all electrical engineering, U. of Utah) text was originally produced for life scientists needing information about electromagnetics (EM)–but lacking the background in vector calculus and partial differential equations to understand typical books on EM–so that they can work effectively with physicists and electrical engineers in interdisciplinary research. The text is also suitable for health physicists, industrial hygienists, and public health workers concerned with EM field exposure and EM applications, and electrical engineers and physicists desiring a stronger intuitive grasp of EM. As with the first edition, the second covers basic concepts, fundamental principles, and characteristic behaviors of electric and magnetic fields. The new edition includes some 49 medical applications of EM commonly found in clinical settings, and expanded coverage of emerging methods and understanding about bioelectromagnetics, to illustrate the basic principles of the book and how they are translated into real devices. Annotation 2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Forty-four pulmonologists, intensivists, obstetric internists, high risk obstetricians, and obstetric anesthesiologists from the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, and Spain contribute 23 chapters on some common or complex pulmonary issues occurring in pregnancy. Coverage includes the normal physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy, including a chapter on high altitude, chronic hypoxia, and pregnancy; general management principles, such as diagnostic imaging and prescribing in pregnancy; and discussion of specific pulmonary disorders and issues–obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder, asthma, tuberculosis, pneumonia, chronic pulmonary disease, neuromuscular and chest wall diseases, cystic fibrosis, collagen vascular disease, venous thromboembolism, pulmonary arterial hypertension, acute lung injury, and airway management and mechanical ventilation. The chapters summarize current available literature and make management recommendations whenever possible. For clinicians, researchers, and students. Annotation 2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The global picture of HIV infections has changed from a life-threatening disease to a chronic condition requiring long-term medical intervention. With a longer survival rate and advanced age, the possibility of developing brain dysfunction, HIV-associated neurocognitive deficits, and decreased cognitive capacity leading to dementia are major concerns for people infected with HIV. This book describes the impact of the AIDS virus on the brain and its relationship to the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the mid-nineties. The purpose is to evaluate the long-term impact of the AIDS virus on the brain and the effect of aging on the disease process. In addition, current therapies and treatment are outlined as is the need for further research for new treatments for HIV in the aging population. In addition, international studies and research are focusing on the impact of AIDS on quality of life issues around the globe due to the fact that current estimates are that worldwide cases of HIV may be the most common cause of dementia among individuals under the age of 40. The authors successfully provide a broad and insightful literature review of a variety of topics by scientific authorities in the field. It is intended for scientists researching AIDS and its impact on the brain, as well as for clinical care providers. This is a great summary and analysis of the changing face of AIDS and HIV-associated cognitive disturbances in the elderly. The book covers a wide range of issues related to the effect of AIDS on the brain in relation to the aging process and occurrence of decreased cognitive capacity and dementia. The authors provide a broad global view of HIV and the geographic distribution of AIDS worldwide. The chapter on neuroimaging of AIDS patients has colorful and detailed images and graphs that complement the text. A glossary of terms would have been helpful for those readers who do not practice in this discipline. This is a well done literature review of neurological complications associated with HIV in the aging population and current therapies and challenges for those affected with the disease and those who are providing the treatment. The book is useful to those in the field of geriatrics involved with patients with AIDS and accompanying neurological deficits. Clinical care providers and clinical researchers will find the book informative and relevant for treating patients with HIV in the modern era.
來源：Doody’s Reviews
評論者：Joseph I. Sirven, MD(Mayo Clinic Hospital)

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Shaarawy (clinical neurosciences, U. of Geneva, Switzerland), Sherwood (ophthalmology and cell biology, U. of Florida, US), Hitchings (glaucoma and allied studies, Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK), and Crowston (ophthalmology, U. of Melbourne, Australia) present a two- volume medical text on the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. The first volume, subtitled Medical Diagnosis & Therapy, deals with non-surgical aspects of glaucoma. It contains 58 chapters organized into sections on the current status of glaucoma around the world, pathogenesis, diagnosis of glaucoma, types of glaucoma, principles of management, medical therapy, “new horizons” (e.g. cutting edge topics such as gene therapy and ultrastructural imaging), and emergency care management. The second volume is subtitled Surgical Management. It contains 60 chapters, presented in sections covering introductory topics, laser therapy, trabeculectomy, nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery, management of coexisting cataract and glaucoma, drainage devices, surgery for congenital glaucoma, modulation of wound healing, cyclodestructive procedures, and new procedures. Full color illustrations and photographs are included throughout and an accompanying DVD-ROM contains video illustration of subjects discussed in the text. Annotation 2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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本片以聶魯達詩意的語言,刻畫臺灣農民的思想啟蒙,流離兩岸的愛情與親情的纏綿,漂泊天涯的壯烈革命紀事!這是一部臺灣人不能不看的史詩.

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