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This book focuses on orthogeriatrics, a topic that has received little attention in the literature to date. As active members of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN), the editors and most of the authors of this book have gathered all essential expertise on hip fracture management in a single volume. The 14 chapters provide a complete overview of how to approach fractures in elderly patients, starting with the epidemiology of hip fractures and ...

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Excerpt from General Woodhull and His Monument: An Oration on the Life, Character and Public Services of General Nathaniel WoodhullIn 1760, we find him in the capacity of Colonel in the New York Provincials, engaged in the conquest of Canada. Again, like the old Roman, he returned to his plough.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reprodu...

Excerpt from DiscourseTrue happiness is only to be found in health, - health of mind, health of soul, health of body. With that clearness of mind which sees the just relative proportion and importance of things, with that soundness of soul which keeps a conscience void of offense, and that physical condition which makes the pulse carry, in its swift arterial rounds, an actual and pleasant ex hiliration - a man is in his true estate - the fulle...

Excerpt from The Market World and Chronicle, 1866-1914, Vol. 94: A Weekly Journal of Insurance, Industry, Commerce, Finance and Economic, and Social Subjects, July to December, 1914, New Series, Volume VIIICotton Mills, Spain Cotton Spinning, Belgium Cotton Spinning, China: Hongkong - Abandonment of Cotton Trade, India - Effects of War on. Cotton Warehouses (standard), United States - Need of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundre...

Excerpt from The Market World and Chronicle, 1866-1914, Vol. 94: A Weekly Journal of Insurance, Industry, Commerce, Finance and Economic, and Social Subjects, July to December, 1914, New Series, Volume VIIICotton Mills, Spain Cotton Spinning, Belgium Cotton Spinning, China: Hongkong - Abandonment of Cotton Trade, India - Effects of War on. Cotton Warehouses (standard), United States - Need of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundre...

Excerpt from Elementary AlgebraThe subject-matter of this text follows the require ments of the College Entrance Examination Board both as to subjects treated as well as to those omitted, but especial emphasis is placed upon those principles Which are the tools of more advanced work in mathematics. The philosophy per 83 of algebra and all algebraic puz zles are therefore omitted, to give place to a logical dis cussion, simply told, of the fund...

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How do young people get by in hard times and hard places? Have they become a 'lost generation' disconnected from society's mainstream? Do popular ideas about social exclusion or a welfare dependent underclass really connect with the lived experiences of the so-called 'disaffected', 'disengaged' and 'difficult-to-reach'? Based on close-up research with young men and women from localities suffering social exclusion in extreme form, Disconnected ...

Spline Regression Models shows the nuts-and-bolts of using dummy variables to formulate and estimate various spline regression models. For some researchers this will involve situations where the number and location of the spline knots are known in advance, while others will need to determine the number and location of spline knots as part of the estimation process. Through the use of a number of straightforward examples, the authors will show ...

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Excerpt from General Woodhull and His Monument: An Oration on the Life, Character and Public Services of General Nathaniel Woodhull To-day we have come together, to do justice to one of the Fathers of the Republic, to honor the memory of one who, though sleeping well for many years, yet lives in our hearts. We would have him live forever in the hearts of his countrymen. We would raise a pillar, on which the blessed light of Heaven may smile, ...

Excerpt from Discourse We need not trace back their philosophies far, without finding a relationship and unity, suggesting that they may have sprung from a common ancestry. Though seeming so different, they are yet closely allied. They find their point of contact - linked by a hyphen - in Medical-Jurisprudence. Nor can we easily tell which side of the hyphen is the more important. Yet it must be admitted that, to your side of it, united scien...

New in Paperback--Drawing boundaries around wildlands serves a double purpose--both protection of the land within the boundary and release of the land outside the boundary to resource extraction and development. This book discusses the roles played by various groups--the U.S. Forest Service, timber companies, recreationists, and environmentalists--in defining the boundaries of wilderness areas

Marsh shows readers how to improve their eyesight by taking conscious control of their vision health. Combining proven methods pioneered a century ago by William Bates with the ancient Chinese wisdom of Taoism, Marsh draws upon their core value to provide guidelines for a holistic healing of outer and inner vision.

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Since 1985 Russia has experienced a dramatic cultural and social revolution. Rosalind Marsh presents the first study encompassing one important aspect of this process, that is the major part which literature has played in reassessing the past, transforming public opinion, and hence in promoting political change in Russia. She provides a chronology of literary politics in this period, and analyses the content and influence of newly published li...

Excerpt from Elementary AlgebraThe subject-matter of this text follows the require ments of the College Entrance Examination Board both as to subjects treated as well as to those omitted, but especial emphasis is placed upon those principles Which are the tools of more advanced work in mathematics. The philosophy per 83 of algebra and all algebraic puz zles are therefore omitted, to give place to a logical dis cussion, simply told, of the fund...

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