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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Blood transfusion is the transfer of blood or blood products from a donor into the bloodstream of the recipient. The procedure is performed to replace the blood cells or blood product lost because of severe bleeding or in order to help anemic patients. Although it is a life saving procedure, various social groups oppose to blood transfusion due to personal, religious or medical reasons. Learn more about blood transfusion, its history and possible adverse effects in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Modern defamation laws are rooted in the centuries old English defamation law protecting ones reputation from false allegations. However, the growing online communities as well as free speech and investigative journalism advocates express criticism stating that the current laws restrict freedom of speech and call for the revision of defamation laws. Learn more in this book about the concept of defamation, its history and the legal aspects regarding this phenomenon. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Despite the fact that majority of states worldwide prohibit child labour as a form of child exploitation and abuse of human rights, today there are an estimated 153 million child labourers, employed mainly in agriculture. However there are still many child factory workers and children employed in dangerous and criminal lines of work, such as prostitution and drug trafficking. Learn more about the concept and history of child labour, its prevalence today as well as children's rights in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Distracted driving is driving while doing another activity that takes the attention away from driving, increasing the chances of a motor vehicle crash. It is associated with talking on a cell phone, text messaging, looking at billboards or talking to a passenger. Daily, in the U.S. more than a dozen people are killed in crashes, because of secondary activities that distracted the driver. According to new U.S. study carried out on teen driving behavior the use of electronic devices is the leader among distracted driving behaviors, and teenage girls are twice as likely as boys to use cell phones or other electronic devices while driving. To find out more about distracted driving, its trigger factors and potential risks read this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Although originally the term consumerism was used referring to advocacy of consumer rights, since the 1960s the term describes a growing preoccupation with accumulation of non-essential consumer goods. Although the increasing obsession with consumption has created new jobs, consumerism makes it difficult for the poor to satisfy their basic needs as well as leaves devastating effects on the environment. Learn more about the phenomenon and its history as well as opposition to consumerism in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bird flu or avian influenza as it is as formerly known, is a type of influenza caused by viruses which have adapted to birds. Some of these influenza diseases which adapt to specific hosts bird flu, swine flu, dog flu may also be contracted by other ones such as the H5N1 virus which may be contracted by cats which feed on infected birds as well as by human. The avian pandemic has been spreading through Asia since 2003 and reached Europe two years later. The Middle East and Africa were affected by the H5N1 in 2006. In January 2012, after deaths in Cambodia and Vietnam, China also reported two fatalities which were related to avian influenza. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Serotonin is a hormone and neurotransmitter which is found in many tissues of humans and animals. Moreover, it is also present in fungi and plants. The chemical which is produced by the human body was discovered in the 1930s by Dr. Vittorio Erspamer and the discovery of the Italian pharmacologist and chemist has contributed to the understanding of mental illnesses as well as their causes and treatment. Learn more about serotonin and its functions in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Seasonal affective disorder, also known as seasonal depression, is a type of depression that affects an individual every year during the same season. Women are affected by seasonal affective disorder more often than men. According to medics, individuals living in areas with long winter nights are more likely to suffer from the disorder, however, there is a form of seasonal affective disorder which involves depression during the months of summer. Learn more about the mood disorder, its causes, symptoms and treatment in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vitamins, one of the six nutrients considered to be vital to life, have a wide variety of biochemical functions such as regulating the mineral metabolism, cell and tissue growth and acting as antioxidants and, as they cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by the organism, must be taken in with diet. Learn more about vitamin K, a group of compounds that play an important role in posttranslational modification of certain proteins required for blood coagulation and bone metabolism, in the following pages. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Face transplant has given victims of burns, diseases, birth defects, disfiguration and trauma a sense of purpose along with a new life. This medical procedure involves the replacement of various organs of an individual's face. For this surgery to take place, the patient is required to find a donor which usually happens to be a dead one Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The oldest living thing on earth is located in the Mediterranean sea, thus is called the Mediterranean seagrass or the neptune grass. This seagrass has more than 100,000 years old and has been able to cope with various pitfalls by maintaining its existence. Unfortunately, there are more dangers that are awaiting this plant. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term disorders of consciousness refers to medical conditions that inhibit consciousness of an individual. Conditions which are characterized by a disturbed state of awareness include locked-in syndrome, minimally conscious state as well as persistent vegetative state, chronic coma and brain death. In medicine, the patient s level of consciousness is regarded as one of the principal vital signs. Learn more about disorders of consciousness, their causes, symptoms and treatment in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term pesticides subsumes various substances, products and techniques used to control pests such as plants, insects, animals and birds. Pesticides include a wide variety of chemical agents, ranging from synthetic chemical substances used to destroy unwanted species of plants to natural chemicals repelling insects and larger animals. They are used to kill vectors of diseases and pests that damage crops, however, pesticides may have negative effects on health and the environment. Learn more about pesticides, their use and effects on health in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. One of the most common viruses causing illness in humans is the rotavirus, with nearly every child in the world having been infected with rotavirus at least once by the age of five, causing severe diarrhea and often gastroenteritis. Though it is usually an easily managed disease of childhood, worldwide nearly 500,000 children still die from rotavirus infection each year and almost two million more become severely ill. Learn more about rotavirus, its types, and its effects on human health in the following pages. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term reincarnation refers to the belief that the soul or spirit after the death returns to live in another body. For at least 3,000 years the concept has been present in various religious philosophies and today has spread to cultures that historically did not believe in rebirth of the soul. The concept of reincarnation is central to Eastern religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Learn more about reincarnation as well as its history and role in religious philosophies in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Quran is regarded as the central sacred text of Islam and Muslims believe that the scripture was revealed to Prophet Muhammad by God, therefore desecration of the ancient text is perceived as an insulting act. Moreover, it is considered to be a death penalty offense. The term Quran desecration refers to an act of defiling or defacing copies of the sacred writings of Islam. Learn more about the phenomenon and infamous Quran desecration cases in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Barclays PLC is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. In 2010, it was the listed by Forbes magazine as the world's 10th largest banking and financial services group and 21st-largest company. It operates in more than 50 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America and has around 48 million customers. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In economics, inflation can be described as a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy or country. The rise in the general price level causes each unit of a currency to buy less goods and services, thus causing a decrease in the purchasing power of consumers. Inflation can have both positive and negative effects on an economy. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A more comfortable alternative for glasses, contact lenses are getting more popular among adults, and young people, as it is believed that they are easier to wear, more healthy, fun and convenient than ever. Though the history of contact lenses can be traced back to the 1500s, when Leonardo da Vinci first introduced the concept, it was only at the end of the twentieth century that contact lenses gained momentum, becoming more sophisticated and safe. According to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) a new type of contact lenses could be developed in the near future for military purposes, offering a set of super features able to create superhuman vision and augmented reality. Learn more about contact lenses, their history, advantages and disadvantages in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Siri, the voice-controlled personal assistant is able to interpret natural-language commands and respond, providing information. Siri was originally developed by a research lab called SRI International, it originated as a part of the project CALO (Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes). After Apple's acquisition of Siri, it gained a worldwide popularity and was relaunched as a built-in feature of iPhone 4S. Learn more about Apple's personal assistant as well as its authors and developers in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lightless, desolate and lunar-like, the Earth's deepest point is located in the Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench. The Challenger Deep is named after the British survey ship Challenger II and its depth was first recorded during the 1872 1876 expedition. First manned mission into the depth of the abyss followed in 1960, when Swiss oceanographer and engineer Jacques Piccard and U.S. Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh became the first men to reach the depth of the ocean. Learn more about the Challenger Deep and expeditions to the extreme point of Earth in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alcohol consumption can result in alcoholism, an uncontrolled use of alcoholic beverages that usually leads to various physical and mental health problems. Heavy alcohol abuse leads to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, malabsorption, chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver disease and cancer, as well as leaves a long lasting effect on nervous system. Learn more about alcoholism and alcohol related problems as well as the long-term effects of alcohol abuse in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bariatric surgery, also known as weight-loss surgery, includes various surgical procedures performed on obese individuals in order to reduce weight across the whole body. Although healthy lifestyle is known as the best form of obesity management, more and more overweight individuals choose surgery to control their weight. Learn more about surgical procedures which are performed on obese individuals as well as their beneficial and adverse effects on human health in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a medical procedure involving upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and x-rays to treat problems of the bile and pancreatic ducts. The procedure is usually required when a patient s bile or pancreatic ducts are narrowed or blocked by tumors, gallstones and different inflammations; however it is known that the technique can also trigger certain complications such as acute pancreatitis. A new study shows that indomethacin, a cheap anti-inflammatory drug could help with the post-ERCP pancreatitis risks. To find out more about ERCP and Indometacin potential properties read this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. One of the most dangerous viral diseases is caused by the rabies virus. Rabies is a viral disease that infects the central nervous system, causing acute inflammation of the brain, or encephalitis. It is transmissible from animals to humans, most commonly from a bite of an infected subject. For a human, rabies is almost always fatal if post exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms. Learn more about rabies, its life-cycle and transmission, as well as symptoms, cures and vaccines of the deadly disease it causes in the following pages. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 2,000 years ago the ancient cultures of Central America and Mexico discovered that chocolate can be produced from the seeds of the cocoa tree and in the 16th century chocolate was brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadors. Today chocolate is a popular desert. Moreover, it has been proved that moderate consumption of chocolate with a high cocoa percentage has beneficial health effects it reduces risk of stroke and cardiovascular diseases, lowers blood pressure and improves blood flow. Learn more about chocolate, its history and production in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Cannes International Film Festival known as Le Festival International du Film de Cannes or Festival de Cannes in French - is an invitation-only film festival held in Cannes, France. It was founded in 1946 and is the world's most prestigious and publicized film festival. Cannes Film Festival runs new movies of all types including documentaries from around the world and is held annually usually in May at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tobacco causes nearly six million deaths annually, killing up to half of its users as well as individuals exposed to second-hand smoke. Health effects of tobacco consumption increase the cost of health care and delay economic development. Measures of tobacco control are necessary to stop the epidemic of deaths and health impairments. The term tobacco control refers to any public health care measures aimed to reduce social, economic and health effects of tobacco consumption. Learn more about initiatives designed to restrict the use of tobacco and its effects on in this book. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Economic sanctions are domestic penalties imposed by one country or group of countries on another for different reasons. Economic sanctions include embargoes but are not limited to them. They also consist of other protectionism measures such as tariffs, import duties, and import or export quotas and other trade barriers or restrictions. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Polygamy is a marriage form in which an individual is married to more than one person at the same time. Polygyny, the most common type of polygamy, is an essential part of culture in Muslim and African countries and today - with an increasing immigration of members of these cultures - it is often secretly practiced in the Western world as well. Learn more about polygamy, its types, legal status and link between the practice of plural marriage and religion by reading this book. Englisch.