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The Sixth Edition of this nursing-focused nutrition text has been updated to reflect the latest evidence-based practice and nutrition recommendations and streamlined to emphasize what the nurse really needs to know. Maintaining its nursing process focus and emphasis on patient teaching, this edition includes new features to help readers integrate nutrition into nursing care. These new features include Nursing Process tables, Case Studies for every chapter, and NCLEX style study questions for every chapter. Web addresses at end of each chapter will draw students to the most up-to-date and reliable resources on the Web.

Expert contributors include nearly 50 nationally recognized writers, researchers, and practitioners, each writing on their area of specialization.Clear, logical organization details each step of complete nutritional care from assessment to therapy.UNIQUE! Pathophysiology algorithms clarify the illness process and to ensure more effective care. "New Directions" boxes reflect the latest research in emerging areas in nutrition therapy. "Focus On" boxes provide additional detail on key chapter concepts."Clinical Insight" boxes and "Clinical Scenarios" with detailed Sample Nutrition Diagnosis statements help ensure the most accurate and effective interventions in practice. Key terms listed at the beginning of each chapter and bolded within the text provide quick access to important nutrition terminology.More than 1,000 self-assessment questions on a companion Evolve website reinforce key textbook content. New recommendations reflect a comprehensive approach to diet and nutrition that incorporates the USDA's "MyPlate" guide, the "Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010," and the "Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide" recommendations.Reorganized table of contents reinforces the Nutrition Care Process structure endorsed by the American Dietetic Association (ADA)."MNT for Thyroid Disorders" chapter details important nutrition considerations for managing thyroid disorders.New calcium and vitamin D Dietary Recommended Intakes (DRIs) improve monitoring of nutrient intake.Expanded "Nutrition in Aging" chapter includes assessment and nutritional care guidelines for the growing elderly patient population.Growth grids for children detail proper patient nutrition during infancy and early childhood. Extensively revised "MNT for Food Allergies" chapter highlights the importance of food allergy management in clinical nutrition therapy. Updated appendices enhance assessment accuracy with the latest laboratory findings and normal values.

As composite materials gain increasing prominence in engineering applications, it becomes essential for designers and engineers to have a thorough grounding in the various material forms, their production, their benefits, and their limitations. Composite Materials: Engineering and Science helps build the groundwork needed to begin incorporating these remarkable materials-with high strength and stiffness yet low weight-into projects, and effectively exploit their advantages. The authors, acknowledged experts in the composites community, set forth the underlying science and engineering applications of composite materials. The text discusses the different forms of reinforcement and matrix and their interaction. Although it focuses on the most widely used composites-polymer matrices and fibrous reinforcement-it also addresses metal and ceramic matrix systems. A substantial portion of the text deals with methods for calculating stiffness and strength, and the authors provide worked examples and representative data. The final chapters address the various aspects of mechanical behavior, including toughness, fatigue, impact resistance, and the properties of joints-including toughening mechanisms and repair. The book concludes with a presentation of non-destructive testing methods. The use and development of composites for engineering purposes will undoubtedly continue to grow, in both applications and importance. Now is the time for engineering professionals to make sure they are not left behind. With its numerous examples and self-assessment questions, Composite Materials: Engineering and Science makes the ideal text for designers and engineers new to the world of composites.

Knowledge, transcendent emotion, tranquility of body and spirit: these are only a few of the gifts offered by Eastern gurus. What is involved-really involved in these offers? R.D. Clements, who holds the Ph. D. from Imperial College in London, describes the general characteristics of Eastern religions and devotes separate chapters to the Divine Light Mission, the Hare Krishna Movement and Transcendental Meditation. He closes with practical advice to those who encounter devotees of these and other Eastern religions.