Authors:Joel A. Kaplan, David L. Reich, Carol L. Lake, Steven
Publisher: Saunders
Keywords: anesthesia, cardiac, kaplan
Number of Pages: 1300
Published: 2006-03-17
List price: $289.00
ISBN-10: 1416002537
ISBN-13: 9781416002536

Dr. Kaplan and a multitude of other eminent specialists have completely updated and revised the 5th Edition of this definitive bible of cardiac anesthesia. They present detailed information on all the latest techniques, and offer the essential guidance readers need when administering anesthesia to cardiac surgery patients as well as cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Inside, readers will find 12 new chapters plus all other chapters extensively updated, three renowned new associate editorsDr. David L. Reich, Dr. Carol L. Lake, and Dr. Steven N. Konstadtand detailed discussions of

Authors:Rachel Kaplan, Stephen Kaplan, Robert Ryan,
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: everyday, nature, management, design, mind, people
Number of Pages: 239
Published: 1998-03-01
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 1559635940
ISBN-13: 9781559635943

Some parks, preserves, and other natural areas serve people well; others are disappointing. Successful design and management requires knowledge of both people and environments.With People in Mind explores how to design and manage areas of "everyday nature"-parks and open spaces, corporate grounds, vacant lots and backyard gardens, fields and forests-in ways that are beneficial to and appreciated by humans. Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan, leading researchers in the field of environmental psychology, along with Robert Ryan, a landscape architect and urban planner, provide a conceptual framewor

Authors:Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: free, mathematics, setting, labyrinth
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-01-22
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0195147448
ISBN-13: 9780195147445

Who hasn’t feared the math Minotaur in its labyrinth of abstractions? Now, in Out of the Labyrinth, Robert and Ellen Kaplan--the founders of The Math Circle, the popular learning program begun at Harvard in 1994--reveal the secrets behind their highly successful approach, leading readers out of the labyrinth and into the joyous embrace of mathematics. Written with the same wit and clarity that made Robert Kaplan’s The Nothing That Is an international bestseller, Out of the Labyrinth offers an engaging and practical guide for parents and educators, and a delight for anyone intereste

Authors:Rachel Kaplan, Stephen Kaplan,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: perspective, psychological, nature, experience
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1989-07-28
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0521341396
ISBN-13: 9780521341394

A study of the natural environment, people, and the relationship between them. The authors offer a research-based analysis of the vital psychological role that nature plays. They try to understand how people perceive nature and what kinds of natural environments they prefer.

Authors:Michael Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan,
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: probability, adventures, chances
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-02-27
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0143038346
ISBN-13: 9780143038344

A compelling journey through history, mathematics, and philosophy, charting humanity’s struggle against randomness Our lives are played out in the arena of chance. However little we recognize it in our day-to-day existence, we are always riding the odds, seeking out certainty but settling—reluctantly—for likelihood, building our beliefs on the shadowy props of probability. Chances Are is the story of man’s millennia-long search for the tools to manage the recurrent but unpredictable—to help us prevent, or at least mitigate, the seemingly random blows of disaster, disease, and injust

Author: Joel D. Lieberman and Daniel A. KraussJoel D. Lie
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: psychology, crime, law, processes, aspects, social, jury, trial
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0754626415
ISBN-13: 9780754626411

This is the first volume of an important new two-volume work on the Psychology of the Courtroom. Taken together, the two volumes offer a definitive account of the problems created by or influencing courtroom procedure and trial outcome from a psychological perspective. Each volume is also designed to be consulted separately. In "Jury Psychology: Social Aspects of the Trial Processes" a highly respected group of scholars explore the influence of trial procedures on juror decision-making. A wide range of topics are covered including pretrial publicity and inadmissible evidence, jury selection, j

Authors:Peter W. Kaplan, Peter W. Kaplan, Frank W. Drislane,
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Keywords: epilepticus, status, nonconvulsive
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2008-10-31
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1933864109
ISBN-13: 9781933864105

An under-recognized condition that can potentially cause brain damage and even death, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an important clinical problem, occurring in about 25% of status epilepsy cases. Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management. The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical aspects. Following chapters discuss relevant epidemiology, elect