This book has been developed to help nurses who are in nurse practitioner roles by supporting them to develop their 'advanced practice skills'. This book is intended to build on skills and knowledge that nurses will have acquired at staff nurse level. It is intended that this book will develop skills and knowledge which until recently...

Increasingly viewed as the future of medicine, the field of tissue engineering is still in its infancy. As evidenced in both the scientific and popular press, there exists considerable excitement surrounding the strategy of regenerative medicine. To achieve its highest potential, a series of technological advances must be made. Putting the...

This is the third edition of a comprehensive study of the neuronal disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract in children. Important new studies and progress in research on bowel motility and motility disorders are covered in detail as well as new aspects concerning the embryology, functional anatomy of the enteric nervous system. In...

• Learn how to install, configure, and manage VirtualBox
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• Discover advanced features of VirtualBox
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• Manage and optimize your PostgreSQL database with Heroku Postgres
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• A step-by-step tutorial with...

Few have closely examined the analytical methods of credit rating agencies,...

C offers a reliable, strong foundation for programming and serves as a stepping stone upon which to expand your knowledge and learn additional programming languages. Written by veteran "For Dummies" author Dan Gookin, this straightforward-but-fun...

• Write native plugins to extend the capabilities of ElasticSearch to...

Building Valve Amplifiers is a unique hands-on guide for anyone working with tube audio equipment--as an electronics hobbyist, audiophile or audio engineer. This 2^nd Edition builds on the success of the first with technology and technique revisions throughout and, significantly, a major new self-build project, worked through...

Beginning HTML5 Media, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to HTML5 video and audio. The HTML5 video standard enables browsers to support audio and video elements natively. This makes it very easy for web developers to publish audio and video, integrating both within the general presentation of web pages. For example,...