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This title is updated annually, covering the latest trends within surgery and reflecting any changes to the professional examinations for surgeons. It provides a comprehensive survey of up-to-date knowledge for candidates of the MRCS/AFRCS examinations, and forms a useful update of general surgery for candidates of the Intercollegiate Examination. Contents: SURGERY IN GENERAL o Paediatric surgery in the district general hospital George G. Youngson, Chris P. Driver o Pre-operative cardiac assessment and interventions in high-risk elective surgical patients Jonathan Wilson, Louise Cousens o Fast-track surgery Adarsh Kumar, John H. Scholefield, Jens Andersen, Nicholas C. Armitage o Recent advances in angiogenesis and their surgical implications Gary Atkin, Abhay Chopada o General surgical aspects of sickle cell disease Abdul-Wahed N. Meshikhes LIVER AND PANCREATIC SURGERY o Radiofrequency thermal ablation in the treatment of malignant tumours Mohammad Abu Hilal, David J. Breen o Management strategies in pancreatic trauma Jake E.J. Krige, Stephen J. Beningfield, Philip C. Bornman o Liver and splenic trauma Brendan C. Visser, Rowan W. Parks o Live donor liver transplantation Kellee Slater, Jonathan Fawcett o Management of severe acute pancreatitis Henry Hook, Ross Carter VASCULAR SURGERY o Pseudoaneurysms: minimally invasive management Sohail A. Choksy, James Keir, John R. Bottomley o Endovenous laser therapy for varicose veins Michael J. Gough BREAST DISEASE o Gynaecomastia evaluation and management Adel H. Rateme, Reza Mansouri, Mohammed Keshtgar RANDOMISED TRIALS o Randomised clinical trials in surgery 2005 Richard A. Cassell, Bashar Zeidan, Emma-Kate Lacey, Colin D. Johnson
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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FOREWORD ix | |||
by Jan Pronk, Minister for Development Co-operation, The Netherlands | |||
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK x | |||
SI UNITS AND CONVERSION FACTORS xi | |||
Introduction to small-scale energy technologies 1 | |||
by Peter Fraenkel | |||
Socio-economic considerations 11 | |||
by Wim Hulscher | |||
1 Solar power | |||
Introduction by Anthony Derrick, Roy Barlow and Modibo Dicko 23 | |||
Photovoltaic equipment 40 | |||
2 Wind power | |||
Introduction by Frank Goezinne, Dick Veldkamp, | |||
Alvaro Pinilla and Robert W. Todd 73 | |||
Wind pumps 86 | |||
Wind generators 102 | |||
3 Water power | |||
Introduction by Andy Brown and Bikash Pandey 123 | |||
Water turbines 137 | |||
Hydraulic ram pumps 172 | |||
4 Biomass energy technologies | |||
Introduction by Joy Clancy, Hajo Brandt and P.D. Grower 175 | |||
Pre-treatment equipment 204 | |||
Briquetting equipment 207 | |||
Gasifiers 235 | |||
Combustion equipment 213 | |||
Steam turbines 219 | |||
5 Internal combustion engines | |||
by Joy Clancy and Kamal Siddiqui 239 | |||
SUPPLIERS INDEX 246 | |||
INDEX 275 |