Download or read book Rare Chance Occurrences Conundrum written by M.L. Holle and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-09-17 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An old woman is found dead in the hospital chapel, and an investigation concludes she was murdered. When the mystery surrounding her death is connected to the newly appointed chief of surgery, head nurse Amber Brooks is quickly drawn into a web of lies, deceit, and intrigue. Because the prime suspect, Dr. Nelle Toussaint, is Amber’s good friend and she is positive of her innocence, she becomes an amateur sleuth who is determined to clear Nelle’s name and find the real murderer. To aid in her quest, she enlists the help of Frank Peyton, a surgical resident, and Harry Gage, a retired cop and hospital security guard. Amber’s path takes her from homeless shelters to an out-of-state convent and eventually back to the hospital’s board of directors, where the truth behind the woman’s murder is found to be more convoluted than the cover-up.

Download or read book The Fascination of Statistics written by Richard J. Brook and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how numbers open up new ways of thinking about problems and addresses current issues for which statistics has practical applications. The articles are classified according to probability, condensing data, testing, estimation, experimental design, prediction, and modelling.

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Download or read book Lecture Notes Tropical Medicine written by Geoff V. Gill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lecture Notes: Tropical Medicine is a comprehensiveintroduction to tropical medicine. The new edition is in fullcolour throughout with over 40 colour images integrated with thetext. There is a new chapter on syndromes of undernutrition (inboth children and adults), and the section on non-communicablediseases has been extended to include mental health problems in thetropics. The core information is presented in a clear and concise way,with extensive use of diagrams, algorithms, tables and boxes. Allchapters have been updated to reflect current best practice and theannotated bibliographies and lists of web-based resources have beenextended. The chapters on HIV, tuberculosis and malaria haveundergone particularly extensive revision, reflecting rapid changesin these areas since the last edition. Lecture Notes: Tropical Medicine is particularlyaimed at postgraduate doctors attending tropical medicine courses,as well as medical students taking a tropical medicine electiveperiod. It will also be useful to a wide range of other healthprofessionals involved with medicine in the tropics, or importedtropical disease.

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