The last fifteen years have seen much conceptual and methodological innovation in
research on education and learning across the lifecourse, bringing both fresh insights and …

Cigarette smoking is the single biggest avoidable cause of death and disability in developed
countries. Smoking is now increasing rapidly throughout the developing world and is one of …

Nearly all patients with cancer manifest laboratory evidence of hypercoagulability and some
develop clinical thromboembolic disease (TED). Routine laboratory studies of blood …

In this book, the authors explore and clarify the nature of postmodernism and provide a
detailed introduction to key writers in the field such as Lacan Derrida Foucault Lyotard They …

New radiocarbon calibration curves, IntCal04 and Marine04, have been constructed and
internationally ratified to replace the terrestrial and marine components of IntCal98. The new …

A growing body of empirical research has documented persistent divisions among American
workers: divisions by race, sex, educational credentials, industry grouping, and so forth (FB …

Background Vertebroplasty is commonly used to treat painful, osteoporotic vertebral
compression fractures. Methods In this multicenter trial, we randomly assigned 131 patients …

Background Whether revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can
improve event-free survival and left ventricular function in patients with severe ischemic left …

Background In acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the use of
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to treat the artery responsible for the infarct …

Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has enjoyed wide uptake in the social sciences in the past
three decades, particularly in science and technology studies, and is increasingly attracting …