Month: September 2013

Editors: Susan C. deWit and Patricia O’Neill Contributors: Carol Dallred, Candice Kumagai, Trena L. Rich, and Diana Whittiker Publisher: Elsevier Saunders – 933 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Access to the student resources for this book is available by registering on http://evolve.elsevier.com/deWit/Fundamental These are the online resources available: To prepare for class, clinical or lab: animations depicting anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology; audio clips of heart and lung sounds; audio glossary with pronunciations in English and Spanish; calculators for determining BMI, body surface area, fluid deficit, Glasgow coma score, IV dosages and unit conversions; clinical references including forms, checklists, tools,...

Editor: David L. Blustein Publisher: Oxford University Press – 332 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Most of us spend a third to half of our waking hours at work. Work is not only a means to acquire material resources for the enjoyment of living, but also a way to help others improve their lives. Self-actualization is one end result of our work, if it is meaningful to us. This means we use our abilities and special talents to do things that give us lasting satisfaction. Some of the other reasons people work as explored in this book are:...

Author: Ko-Lin Chin and James O. Finckenauer Publisher: New York University Press – 311 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar It is not just in hundreds. It is not even just in the thousands. Every year, tens of thousands of Chinese women travel to other countries in Asia and the United States to sell sex. But that is just one picture in a collage of probably hundreds of thousands of sex workers the world over. Prostitutes from many countries go to many other countries to engage in their trade. This book studies the activities and behavior of women, sex...

Author: Chris Eliasmith Publisher: Oxford University Press – 456 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Some of the brain functions that humans are capable of are: attention, learning, memory, motor control, planning, reasoning, semantics, and syntax. Researchers in the fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and psychology have been working on building models to explain why human brains are adaptive and flexible in learning, and are capable of each of the functions we’ve mentioned above. But the author Chris Eliasmith introduces a new integrated cognitive model called the Semantic Pointer Architecture or SPA Provides, “a set of tools for constructing...

Editors: Graham J. MacKay, Richard G. Molloy, and Patrick J. O’Dwyer Publisher: Oxford University Press – 399 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani What are landmark papers, and what criteria are used to classify them as such? Landmark papers are essentially, writings of results of studies that revealed something that was not known before. The editors point out that there could be many criteria to categorize them as ‘landmark,’ but one of them certainly is that of having a significant impact on the day-to-day practice of surgery. This volume contains a large range of studies, including: • Case series...