At the dawn of the twentieth century, General Electric (using Thomas Edison's direct current) and Westinghouse (employing Nikola Tesla's groundbreaking alternating current) were locked in combat to determine which would dominate the technological fate of the nation. Electricity was thought to be a highly ambiguous force: both godlike creative power and demonic destroyer of life. Th. Metzger argues that for scientists of the day, as well as the general populace, the electric chair was both harbinger and early pinnacle of modernity, the high altar of the rising cult of progress. In the popular imagination, Tesla and Edison were seen as nearly superhuman beings, and their struggle was not only for wealth and power, but to reshape the face of America. In Blood and Volts, Metzger creates a unique synthesis of scholarship, storytelling and cultural critique to present a clear and compelling story of America struggling to define itself through scientific innovation.

This book consists of two major sections, except for the introductory chapter by two editors regarding anticoagulation for portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis. The first section includes four chapters, which provide an overview of knowledge regarding the history, indications, and laboratory monitoring of anticoagulation and electrochemical anticoagulant methods. The second section also includes four chapters, which aim to summarize the current evidence regarding anticoagulation in various clinical scenarios, including COVID-19, peripheral artery diseases, iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis, and ambulatory cancer patients. These chapters are useful for guiding how to use anticoagulants in routine clinical practice, manage patients with thrombotic diseases by anticoagulants, and design future studies regarding anticoagulation.

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Designed for medical professionals who may struggle with making the leap to conceptual understanding and applying physics, the eighth edition continues to build transferable problem-solving skills. It includes a set of features such as Analyzing-Multiple-Concept Problems, Check Your Understanding, Concepts & Calculations, and Concepts at a Glance. This helps the reader to first identify the physics concepts, then associate the appropriate mathematical equations, and finally to work out an algebraic solution.