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This extensive and yet easy-to-read book covers technical aspects of the management of difficult acute cholecystitis.

The chapters correspond to a selection of the contributions presented in the "Industry Day" and in the Minisymposium "EU - MATHS - IN: Success Stories of Applications of Mathematics to Industry" organized in the framework of the International Conference ICIAM 2019 held in Valencia (Spain) on July 15-19, 2019.

This broad and thought-provoking volume provides an overview of recent intellectual and scientific advances that intersect psychiatry and neuroscience, offering a wide range of penetrating insights in both disciplines.  The fourth volume on the topic in the last several years from a varying panel of international experts identifies the borders, trends and implications in both fields today and goes beyond that into related disciplines to seek out connections and influences.  Similar to its three Update book predecessors, Psychiatry and Neuroscience ΓÇô Volume IV presents a range of interesting topics in the main disciplines ΓÇô psychiatry and neuroscience ΓÇô and attempts to provide deeper comprehension or explication of the normal and diseased human mind, its biological correlates and its biographical and existential implications.  This engaging volume continues the previous style of exploring different disciplines and trying to integrate disciplinary evidence from varying points of view in an organic manner.   The first section is about epistemological considerations regarding the study of normal and abnormal human behaviors, including, for example, the topic of phenomenological psychopathology and phenomenological psychiatry in relation to schizophrenia and substance misuse, among other topics.  Section 2 addresses issues around the translation of basic neuroscience to expression in the human brain and behavioral implications. Section 3 discusses the issues of learning, teaching and the role of social environment in the field of neuroscience.  Finally section 4 reviews various perspectives on explaining human pathological behaviors -- from brain disorders to psychopathology.

This volume delineates the ways in which key areas of healthcare, well-being, patient safety and organisational change overlap with and contribute to unhealthy workplaces for healthcare professionals.

A full description is provided of regenerative approaches in dentistry including regenerative endodontics and tooth repair, regenerative periodontics, regenerative assisted orthodontics, regenerative approaches in oral medicine, and dental tissue derived stem cells and their potential applications.

This book reviews recent knowledge of the role of gut microbiome in health and disease. It covers extensive topics for several diseases, including metabolic-related diseases, allergies, gastrointestinal diseases, psychiatric diseases, and cancer, while also discussing therapeutic approaches by microbiota modification.

Indicators are more and more applied to describe and analyze complex systems. One possibility is the application of the mathematical theory of partial order, especially when the indicator system shall be used for ranking purposes.

Part I Healthy Healthcare: An initial orientation on the integrated focus on Health care organizations, the employees and patients.- Chapter 1: Introduction Lise Lovseth & Annet de Lange.- Chapter 2 Concepts and definitions of Healthy Healthcare : Lise Lovseth.- Chapter 3 Quality of Care.- Chapter 4 Employee health and wellbeing: Marit Christensen & Annet de Lange.- Chapter 5 Organizational Interventions in Healthcare: process evaluation Karina Nielsen.- Part II: The interdisciplinary foundations of evidence based research and practice of Healthy Healthcare.- Chapter 6 Healthy Healthcare from a labour-economic perspective: Masood Gheasi & Annet de Lange.- Chapter 7 Beneficial or unhelpful? Implementation of technology in Healthy Healthcare.- Chapter 8 How employee health affects quality of care. Myths and evidence.- Chapter 9 The effect of organization on employee health, recruitment and retention.- Chapter 10 Organization of healthcare services and quality of care.- Part III Healthy Healthcare: Interventions and best practices.- Chapter 11-14: different best practices from European countries.- Chapter 11: A Dutch example: (Self)Leadership at work: Eghe Osagie & Annet de Lange.- Part IV: An evidence based model of Healthy Healthcare.- Chapter 15 Summarizing take-home messages for practice and Science Lise Lovseth & Annet de Lange.

This updated book is a practical guide to intrapartum ultrasonography to help practitioners improve labor and delivery, and to limit, where possible, complications. Presenting the authors' experiences, the book summarizes the state of the art in normal and abnormal labor.

The book examines the relationship between family resilience and recovery from substance use disorders. It presents information on etiology of substance use disorders within the family system as well as new research on resilience in addiction recovery. The book facilitates the development of evidence-based resilience practices, programs, and policies for those working or dealing with families and addiction.Key topics addressed include: Protecting workers from opioid misuse and addiction. Neuroscience-informed psychoeducation and training for opioid use disorder. New models for training health care providers. Role of families in recovery capital. Family Resilience and Recovery from Opioids and Other Addictions is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians and related professionals in family studies, public health, and clinical psychology and all interrelateddisciplines, including behavioral health, social work, and psychiatry.

This open access book offers an overview of the beautiful, powerful, and dynamic array of opportunities to promote health through the arts from theoretical, methodological, pedagogical, and critical perspectives. This is the first-known text to connect the disparate inter-disciplinary literatures into a coherent volume for health promotion practitioners, researchers, and teachers. It provides a one-stop depository for using the arts as tools for health promotion in many settings and as bridges across communities, cultures, and sectors. The diverse applications of the arts in health promotion transcend the multiple contexts within which health is created, i.e., individual, community, and societal levels, and has a number of potential health, aesthetic, and social outcomes. Topics covered within the chapters include: Exploring the Potential of the Arts to Promote Health and Social JusticeDrawing as a Salutogenic Therapy Aid for Grieving Adolescents in BotswanaCommunity Theater for Health Promotion in JapanFrom Arts to Action: Project SHINE as a Case Study of Engaging Youth in Efforts to Develop Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Strategies in Rural Tanzania and IndiaMovimiento Ventana: An Alternative Proposal to Mental Health in NicaraguaUsing Art to Bridge Research and Policy: An Initiative of the United States National Academy of Medicine Arts and Health Promotion is an innovative and engaging resource for a broad audience including practitioners, researchers, university instructors, and artists. It is an important text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, particularly in program planning, research methods (especially qualitative methodology), community health, and applied art classes. The book also is useful for professional development among current health promotion practitioners, community nurses, community psychologists, public health professionals, and social workers.

This book explores three particular strategies in the extractives sector for creating shared wealth, increased labour opportunities and positive social, environmental and economic outcomes from corporate projects, namely: state wealth funds (SWF), local content policies (LCP) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.