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The Vital and Health Statistics Series, or what documents and medical librarians call The Rainbow Series, includes four series published by the U.S. National Health Survey between 1958 and 1963, and eighteen series published by the National Center for Health Statistics since 1963.

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Employing sensitivity to the sources of the Christian tradition as well as the practice of discipleship in the real world, this book seeks solid ground on which to build bridges between spirituality and social justice. It offers insights from different vantage points into how contemporary believers can connect spirituality and social justice.

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This book presents a number of contemporary philosophical issues from a wide range of Chinese philosophical texts, figures, and sub-traditions that are usually not addressed in English studies of Chinese philosophical traditions.

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It was the best of elections; it was the worst of elections. The 2004 presidential contest mobilized a record number of voters, with 121 million Americans showing up at the polls.

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Vital Statistics on Congress remains the quintessential source of authoritative information on America's legislature. This important series tracks the elements that define and describe Congress in the postWorld War II era, and in this new edition, three of America's most esteemed political analysts extend their examination through the 109th Congress.

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The strong push to use primary sources in teaching history and social studies creates a need among teachers for more information on what they are and how they can be used effectively in the classroom. Vital Witnesses meets this need by providing teachers with a comprehensive guide to primary sources and their use in the classroom.

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This text aims to make understandable to managers issues surrounding the search for sustainable development and the central role business organisations of every kind can play in the search for new and appropriate solutions.

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A new work on the history of vitamins and the brilliant men and women who discovered the existence and nature of these small molecules so vital to our health.

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Insightful, objective, and evidence-based, this overview of the most commonly used supplements dispels misinformation and provides facts from a qualified physician's point of view.

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This accessible reference profiles the vitamins and minerals most important to human health, presenting information in an easy-to-use format and summarizing the findings of key research studies.

Everyone knows that vitamins and minerals are nonnegotiable components of optimal health.

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The pinnacle of Wellington's achievement in the Peninsular, from the initial invasion in May to the final crushing victory at Vittoria and the advance into France.

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Regarded by many as the finest American female composer of the 20th century, Vivian Fine's accomplishments ranged from the first performances of her work to the composition of a ballet choreographed by Martha Graham. This work provides a bibliography of her compositions.

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Just to say the name Vivien Leigh invokes two quick images to anyone familiar with motion pictures--Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois.

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For Putin, the home front is a second front. His governments efforts to create and maintain a patriotic, or at least obedient, citizenry is the main subject, along with Moscows necessary pivot to the East for political and economic succour.

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Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1990), a pioneer in electronic music, was also a composer, teacher and administrator of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

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This text explores VLSI fault modelling and testing techniques and covers such topics as: physical fault modelling and simulation for VSLI MOS circuits; designing CMOS gates to test open faults; testing bridging faults in VLSI; and testable design synthesis models.

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This book provides a thought-provoking new perspective on the role of vocabulary control in providing access to the conceptual information found in online databases and catalogs.

The first three chapters provide a basis for understanding the structure of vocabulary control systems used for the indexing of conceptual information.

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"Examines the way that (human and other) voices in documentary not only serve rhetorical and political purposes, but also create meaning by engaging the audience through affective and aesthetic registers"--

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Presents an analysis of how competence is measured in professional and vocational education, highlighting the fundamental flaws of the system and providing suggestions as to how they might be rectified. This book argues that strategies for vocational and professional education adopted by the UK are founded upon a number of fundamental errors.