Download or read book A Century of Nature written by Laura Garwin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits—reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.
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Download or read book The Discovery of Insulin written by Michael Bliss and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921-22 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in 1923 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the Canadian research team of Banting, Best, Collip, and Macleod. In this engaging and award-winning account, historian Michael Bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin – a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific genius. Originally published in 1982 and updated in 1996, The Discovery of Insulin has won the City of Toronto Book Award, the Jason Hannah Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, and the William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine.
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Download or read book Discovery 1920 Vol 1 written by A. S. Russell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Discovery, 1920, Vol. 1: A Monthly Popular Journal of Knowledge Since the supply of phosphorus was limited. And it was urgently needed by the army as a smoke-producing substance, the necessity arose of replacing it by some smoke-producing material which could be stored in appropriate floats on the decks of merchantmen or other vessels, the floats then being lit and thrown overboard when occasion demanded. The late Wing Commander Brock, Commanding Officer of the Royal Naval Experimental Station, Stratford, E devised a mixture which was really a firework com position, modified in such a way, by the addition of resinous and other carbonaceous material, that a dense smoke was produced on burning. This mixture was placed in tin canisters contained in a wooden box, each canister being connected by a fuse to a match composition (suitably protected) on the outside of the box, and which could be fired by friction. Near the top of the sides of the box were a number of small holes, that were plugged by a composition which would easily be blown out by the pressure set up in the box by the gases produced in the burning of the smoke mixture. The boxes were so arranged that they floated in water, the top side uppermost, and all that was necessary, in using them, was to strike the friction tab and then, when it was certain that they had started functioning correctly, throw them overboard. The results obtained were not very satisfactory, however, owing to the difficulty of keeping the boxes watertight, and the smoke-mixture free from moisture. Also, the smoke produced suffered from the same de feets as the fuel-funnel-smoke. There are several chlorides of metals and non metals, such as stannic chloride, antimony penta chloride, silicon tetrachloride, etc., which give a good smoke when decomposed by the moisture of the atmo sphere, Or especially when a fine spray of the liquid is mixed with a fine spray of liquid ammonia; stannic chloride especially gives a very good cloud under such conditions (see English Patent To use these substances, however, they have to be stored in heavy steel cylinders under a considerable pressure of air, in order to force them out as a spray through a syphon tube; the dead weight of the containing-vessels is thus very large in comparison with the weight of smoke producing material. Moreover, the contents of a cylinder are discharged in the short time of 6 - 8 minutes. This method of producing smoke is therefore not very convenient on a large scale, but it has the advantage that smoke can be produced instantly, and in quantity, by the mere turning of a tap. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care. In that report, the IOM Committee on Evaluating Clinical Applications of Telemedicine found telemedicine is similar in most respects to other technologies for which better evidence of effectiveness is also being demanded. Telemedicine, however, has some special characteristics-shared with information technologies generally-that warrant particular notice from evaluators and decision makers. Since that time, attention to telehealth has continued to grow in both the public and private sectors. Peer-reviewed journals and professional societies are devoted to telehealth, the federal government provides grant funding to promote the use of telehealth, and the private technology industry continues to develop new applications for telehealth. However, barriers remain to the use of telehealth modalities, including issues related to reimbursement, licensure, workforce, and costs. Also, some areas of telehealth have developed a stronger evidence base than others. The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) sponsored the IOM in holding a workshop in Washington, DC, on August 8-9 2012, to examine how the use of telehealth technology can fit into the U.S. health care system. HRSA asked the IOM to focus on the potential for telehealth to serve geographically isolated individuals and extend the reach of scarce resources while also emphasizing the quality and value in the delivery of health care services. This workshop summary discusses the evolution of telehealth since 1996, including the increasing role of the private sector, policies that have promoted or delayed the use of telehealth, and consumer acceptance of telehealth. The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Workshop Summary discusses the current evidence base for telehealth, including available data and gaps in data; discuss how technological developments, including mobile telehealth, electronic intensive care units, remote monitoring, social networking, and wearable devices, in conjunction with the push for electronic health records, is changing the delivery of health care in rural and urban environments. This report also summarizes actions that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can undertake to further the use of telehealth to improve health care outcomes while controlling costs in the current health care environment.
Download or read book Geological Literature List of Authors and Titles Added to the Geological Society s Library written by Geological Society of London. Library and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Discovery of Isotopes written by Michael Thoennessen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the exciting discovery of every isotope observed on earth to date, which currently numbers some 3000. The discoveries are arranged in chapters according to the observation techniques or production methods. Each chapter contains tables listing the first authors of the first publication as well as details about the production and detection methods used. At the end, a comprehensive table lists all isotopes sorted by elements. The book is based on individual paragraphs for each isotope, which were published over the last few years as separate articles in the journal “Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables”. The work re-evaluates all prior assignments judging them with a uniform set of criteria. In addition, the author includes over 100 new isotopes which have been discovered since the articles published. This book is a source of information for researchers as well as enthusiastic laymen alike. From the prepublication review: “The explanations focus on the essentials, which makes the various chapters pleasingly compact. The phrasing is well understandable also for non-experts. This makes the book easy to read, even thrilling. I have to confess that parts of the manuscript I was even reading as an evening lecture in the bed, so exciting was the history of isotope discoveries.” Sigurd Hofmann, Helmholtz Professor at GSI Darmstadt, Germany, and a leading expert in superheavy nuclei
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