Category: E-Books

Behavioral Neurobiology of PTSD (PDF) focuses on the behavioral neuroscience that supports our understanding of the neurobiology of trauma risk and response. The collection of articles emphasizes on both preclinical and clinical reviews of (1) state-of-the-art knowledge of mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and co-occurring disorders, (2) the biological

A streamlined approach to communication that emphasizes real-world applications Joseph Devito’s Essentials of Human Communication 9th edition (PDF) provides a streamlined overview of the essential research, theories, and especially the skills of human communication, highlighting practical applications in the workplace and beyond. Expert author Joseph DeVito gives college students the tools,

Another in a new four-volume series, Operative Techniques in Gynecologic Surgery: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, (PDF) offers superbly illustrated, authoritative guidance on operative techniques along with a comprehensive understanding of how to choose the best procedure, how to avoid complications, and what results to expect. Easy to follow, the latest,

Illustrates how R may be used successfully to solve problems in quantitative finance Applied Probabilistic Calculus for Financial Engineering: An Introduction Using R (PDF) provides R recipes for asset allocation and portfolio optimization problems. It begins by introducing all the necessary probabilistic and statistical foundations, before moving on to topics

Cellular Actuators: Modularity and Variability in Muscle-Inspired Actuation, (PDF) defines the roles actuators play in robotics and their inadequacy in emerging new robotic applications, such as human co-working robots and wearable devices where compliance and compactness are important. Piezoelectric actuators, the topic of this wbook, provide advantages like displacement scale,