Yen & Jaffe has always been an evolving text, and that will continue to be one of its hallmarks. The ninth edition incorporates new chapters that cover advances in basic and clinical science that have enriched the field since publication of the previous edition, including emerging technologies involving gamete production and maturation, genetic testing and genetic manipulation, and uterus transplantation. Other chapters have been extensively revised to cover contemporary practices in assisted reproduction, fertility preservation, and ovulation induction.

An excellent resource for appropriate test ordering and interpretation, Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, 11th Edition, helps you save time, avoid errors, and arrive at an accurate diagnosis. Organized into two easy-to-reference sections, this fully revised manual provides comprehensive, practical information on common and uncommon disease states and their diagnosis by laboratory test.

Con la publicación de esta obra es nuestra intención ilustrar la inmensa gama de terrenos en los que médicos de diversas especialidades nos encontramos frecuentemente, sin necesariamente percatarnos de la manera en la cual nuestra labor conjunta beneficia al paciente.

¿Qué estamos diciendo exactamente, y qué mecanismos se ponen en juego, cuando decimos que «somos nuestro cerebro»? Desde la década de los noventa, las humanidades y las ciencias sociales han sido el escenario de un «giro cerebral» que se materializó en el nacimiento de disciplinas como la neuroeducación, la neuroantropología o la neuroestética. A pesar de su aparente novedad, la reciente moda de lo «neuro» es el resultado de un largo proceso cultural que ha situado al cerebro en el centro de los imaginarios que han conformado la subjetividad moderna.

The study of International Political Economy (IPE) or of its lesser known but comprehensive twin Global Political Economy (GPE) is a relatively new discipline within the more recognised study of International Relations. The application of critical theory towards GPE itself is an even more recent phenomenon, with its epistemological foundation still in its infancy — its aim to date focusing upon providing an alternative stance to those more conventional positivist readings within IPE.

How a group of intellectuals and policymakers transformed development economics and gave Latin America a new position in the world.After the Second World War demolished the old order, a group of economists and policymakers from across Latin America imagined a new global economy and launched an intellectual movement that would eventually capture the world. They charged that the systems of trade and finance that bound the world's nations together were frustrating the economic prospects of Latin America and other regions of the world.

This open access book demonstrates how data quality issues affect all surveys and proposes methods that can be utilised to deal with the observable components of survey error in a statistically sound manner. This book begins by profiling the post-Apartheid period in South Africa's history when the sampling frame and survey methodology for household surveys was undergoing periodic changes due to the changing geopolitical landscape in the country.