Month: December 2014

Author: Kristen A. Renn, PhD Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press – 178 pages Book Review by: Laxmi Chaandi This book is based on on-site study of 13 women’s colleges and universities in 10 countries – Australia, Canada, China, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Those countries span the East and the West, and five continents, so its material is pretty much global in scope. Ms. Renn did first- and second-hand research to produce this work. She interviewed campus leaders, members of the faculty, and students in these countries. She also searched...

Volume I : Petromyzontidae to Catostomidae (First of a series of three volumes). Editors: Melvin L. Warren, Jr. and Brooks M. Burr. Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press – 644 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This is an outstanding book in ichthyology because of its comprehensive coverage of freshwater fishes in the continent of North America, of which there are 1,200+ species in 50 families. The authors discuss the fishes’ behavior, conservation, distribution, ecology, fossil record, morphology, reproduction, and taxonomy. It is an essential reference source – as a large, hardbound reference work, almost...

Author: Anil T. Ahuja, MBBS; Contributing Authors: Yolanda Y.P. Lee, MBChB; K.T. Wong, MBChB; Carmen C.M. Cho, MBBS; Kunwar S.S Bhatia, B Med Sci; H.Y. Yuen, MBChB; Stella Sin Yee Ho, RDMS Publisher: Elsevier–Amirsys – 576 pages, 1000+ images Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Ultrasound, also known as ultrasonography, is one of several means of imaging used in looking at structures within the human body, diagnosing diseases and disorders, and deciding on the ideal means of treatment. Other ways of medical imaging are: computed tomography, known in short as CT; elastography, electroradiography or ECG; electroencephalography or EEG; endoscopy, and...

Editors: Antje Welge-Luessen and Thomas Hummel Publisher: Thieme – 240 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This is a rare and an unusual book. There are just a few medical texts available on smell and taste disorders, their pathophysiology and their treatment. This is one of them. Smell and taste are essentially chemical senses that add to the quality of our lives. Imagine if you were born without the sense of smell, lost it sometime in your life, and you could not smell the aroma of various drinks and foods. Or worse, you could not taste any food! Well,...