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A graphic novel of epic proportions … In this first book of the Son of Samson series, Branan has inherited his father’s strength, but he has no idea why. In hopes of understanding God’s plan, he travels back to Israel to trace the deeds of the father he never knew—and finds himself in the crosshairs of a Philistine captain in the process.Growing up among the Philistines, Branan was always different—a little bigger, and much stronger, than his friends, and the only kid who worshiped God instead of Dagon. And he carried a big secret: his father was Samson, the man everyone in his country feared. Desperate to understand why God gave him his father’s gifts, Bran travels to Israel … and discovers the Philistines are still terrorizing the people.While traveling to the cities where his father welded a jawbone and carried a massive gate, Bran also comes to the attention of Lord Sidon, who refuses to let another Hebrew warrior threaten Philistine rule. And Bran is determined to do what his father never could: use his strength for good.The Judge of God:combines biblically accurate information about Samson and ancient Israel with a story arc that follows a boy looking to undo his father’s wrongsis great for readers 8 and upcontains kid-friendly clean humor and actionwill appeal to fans of The Action Bible, comic books, and graphic novelsis perfect for homeschool, church libraries, and kids’ Bible studies as a fun-to-read supplementary resource
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A graphic novel of epic proportions … After traveling back to Israel, Branan knows more about his father, Samson, but the Philistines also know about Branan. When a beautiful girl comes into Bran’s life, he finds himself protecting her from all types of danger. But why does a dream remind him of the woman who once betrayed his father?After rescuing the gorgeous Saphira from thieves, Branan finds himself escorting her on her journey home so she remains safe. But soon he’s not only fighting off slave traders and giant reptiles, he’s nagged by the sense this girl isn’t all she appears. And as they travel closer to Saphira’s hometown, Bran discovers his father Samson’s past mistakes have now placed him in danger … which means in order to survive, Bran must call on Samson’s more heroic example and focus on God instead of his own strength and ideas.Son of Samson and the Daughter of Dagon:combines biblically accurate information about Samson and Delilah with an exciting and fresh story arcis great for readers 8 and upcontains kid-friendly clean humor and actionwill appeal to fans of The Action Bible, comic books, and graphic novelsis perfect for homeschool, church libraries, and kids’ Bible studies as a fun-to-read supplementary resource
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Will the mighty Branan finally be beaten … by a girl?!? When Branan agrees to wrestle Zarah, the undefeated champion of Gezer, he knows the prize money will quickly be his. But what makes this muscular girl so confident? After hours of fighting, he discovers the truth—she’s his half sister! The joy of their meeting is cut short, however, when Hebrew youths deface a massive Philistine idol. Even with their combined strength, can the son and daughter of Samson save the Hebrew community from their enemies’ anger?
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Branan trades in his camel and the desert for an adventure on the high seas, as he joins marauders on their way to take back stolen goods from Branan’s arch nemesis. And what would a maritime tale be without a sea creature! But can the son of Samson stand up to the mighty leviathan? Along the way, Branan may find how even those who appear to have noble purposes might prove corrupt when there’s treasure involved.
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Stopping from his journey to rest his camel, Branan learns how the presence of the stolen Serpent Staff of Moses has brought ruin to a Philistine town. What he doesn’t realize is that the young woman he agrees to help retrieve the relic from a powerful warrior is actually the Witch of Endor. Joining Branan as he descends dark tunnels and fights his way through a heavily guarded fortress, Son of Samson fans will learn that divine power and strength do not reside in objects and relics, but come from the Creator.
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Samson’s mighty son Branan traces his famous father’s footsteps as he battles the Philistines. Throughout the different episodes, with both humor and action, Branan learns about God’s purpose for his life and inherited strength. In the heat of battle, Branan finds that he’s not alone.After contending with desert thieves and braving sandstorms, Branan uncovers a Philistine plot to steal Israel’s most sacred object and wield it as a superweapon. With the Hebrew army gone on assignment, a Philistine victory appears certain—until a pair of mysterious warriors arm Branan for combat.
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Samson’s mighty son Branan traces his famous father’s footsteps as he battles the Philistines. Throughout the different episodes, with both humor and action, he learns about God’s purpose for his life and inherited strength. ARE BRANAN'S MUSCLES ANY MATCH FOR A VENGEFUL BLADE? Branan handily rescues a would-be thief from Philistine soldiers. But when the young boy tips off his hero that Branan's grandfather lies in danger, the son of Samson finds he must surrender his great strength to save his kin. While held prisoner in the clutches of an old enemy, Branan learns whether one good turn deserves another.
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A MOTHER'S BETRAYAL, A FATHER'S LEGACY A camel-jumping desert marauder turns out to be Branan’s half sister Zarah. As they travel together, Branan comes across his sworn enemy, and he and Zarah are forced to act quickly in order to save a young woman from an evil fate. In the process, Branan faces familiar dangers and finally learns the secret to his inherited strength.
Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer's and Dementia
Guidelines and Standards for Evidence-Based Care
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
924 kr
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2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in both Gerontologic Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care! This book...provides important information on best practices and appropriate ways to care for a person with Alzheimer's and advanced dementia. Drs. Martin and Sabbagh have assembled a team of experts to help craft recommendations that should ultimately become standards that all professional caregivers adopt.-Michael ReaganSon of former President Ronald ReaganPresident, Reagan Legacy Foundation This book testifies that caregivers can have a monumental impact on the lives of persons with advanced dementia. Through specialized programming and a renewed effort toward patient-centered care, caregivers can profoundly enrich the quality of life for these persons. Providing guidelines for health care professionals, caregivers, and family members, this book introduces palliative care programs and protocols for the treatment of people with advanced dementia. The book is designed to guide professional caregivers in meeting the needs of patients and their families, providing insight into the philosophy, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation measures involved in interdisciplinary palliative care. The chapter authors offer guidelines and standards of care based on contributions from nurses, physical therapists, social workers, dietitions, psychologists, family caregivers and pastors. An exhibit at the end of every chapter clearly articulates the standards of care appropriate for all advanced dementia facilities and health care staff. This book helps caregivers: Enhance the physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being of the patient and the patient's family Anticipate and meet the patient's basic human needs: hunger, thirst, body positioning, hygiene, continence, and management of any pain Ensure that the patient's surroundings are safe, comfortable, and homelike Address health care decisions that will support the patient's right to self-determination until the end of life
163 kr
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Modern NMR Approaches to the Structure Elucidation of Natural Products
Volume 1: Instrumentation and Software
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
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Strychnine’s poisonous nature was known in 16th century Europe, and the alkaloid was isolated in pure form for the first time in 1818. Then began a more than century-long quest to unravel the structure of strychnine that led to two Nobel prizes, clearly without the assistance of the modern spectroscopic methods to which we now have access. In his 1963 report of the synthesis, Woodward said, "The tangled skein of atoms which constitutes its molecule provided a fascinating structural problem that was pursued intensively during the century just past, and was solved finally only within the last decade." The structure elucidation of complex natural products is facilitated today by access to modern instrumentation and experimental techniques. Using a modern 600 MHz NMR spectrometer equipped with a 1.7 mm cryogenic probe and a 1 mg sample, it is now possible to acquire a comprehensive suite of 2D NMR spectra that rigorously characterizes the complex structure of strychnine in a scant 24 hours. When the 2D NMR data are combined with Computer-Assisted Structure Elucidation methods, the structure can be solved in mere seconds. It is against this historical backdrop that these two volumes regarding the Structure Elucidation of Natural Products by NMR is set.Volume 1 discusses contemporary NMR approaches including optimized and future hardware and experimental approaches to obtain both the highest quality and most appropriate spectral data for analysis. Volume 2 considers data processing and algorithmic based analyses tailored to natural product structure elucidation and reviews the application of NMR to the analysis of a series of different natural product families including marine natural products, terpenes, steroids, and carbohydrates. These books, bringing together acknowledged experts, uniquely focus on the combination of experimental approaches and modern hardware and software applied to the structure elucidation of natural products. The volumes will be an essential resource for NMR spectroscopists, natural product chemists and industrial researchers working on natural product analysis or the characterization of impurities and degradation products of pharmaceuticals that can be scarce as natural product samples.
Modern NMR Approaches to the Structure Elucidation of Natural Products
Volume 2: Data Acquisition and Applications to Compound Classes
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
3 134 kr
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The Ghanian plant Cryptolepis sanguinolenta is the source of a series of fascinating indoloquinoline alkaloids. The most unusual member of this alkaloid series was initially proposed to be a spiro nonacyclic structure, named cryptospirolepine, and was elucidated in 1993 based on the technologies available at that time. There were, however, several annoying attributes to the structure that bothered analysts for the ensuing 22 years. During the two decades that followed the initial work there have been enormous developments in NMR technology. Using new experimental approaches, specifically homodecoupled 1,1- and 1,n-HD-ADEQUATE NMR experiments developed in 2014, the structure of only a 700 µg sample of cryptospirolepine has been revised and is shown on the cover of this volume. The confluence of the NMR technological and methodological advances that allowed the revision of the structure of cryptospirolepine using a submilligram sample seems a fitting example for this book, which is dedicated to the NMR characterization of various classes of natural products. Volume 2 considers data processing and algorithmic based analyses tailored to natural product structure elucidation and reviews the application of NMR to the analysis of a series of different natural product families including marine natural products, terpenes, steroids, alkaloids and carbohydrates. Volume 1 discusses contemporary NMR approaches including optimized and future hardware and experimental approaches to obtain both the highest quality and most appropriate spectral data for analysis. These books, bringing together acknowledged experts, uniquely focus on the combination of experimental approaches and modern hardware and software applied to the structure elucidation of natural products. The volumes will be an essential resource for NMR spectroscopists, natural product chemists and industrial researchers working on natural product analysis or the characterization of impurities and degradation products of pharmaceuticals that can be as scarce as natural product samples.
6 113 kr
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This two volume set focuses on the structure elucidation of natural products. Volume 1 discusses contemporary NMR approaches including optimized and future hardware and experimental approaches to obtain both the highest quality and most appropriate spectral data for analysis. Volume 2 considers data processing and algorithmic based analyses tailored to natural product structure elucidation and reviews the application of NMR to the analysis of a series of different natural product families including marine natural products, terpenes, steroids, and carbohydrates. These books, bringing together acknowledged experts, uniquely focus on the combination of experimental approaches and modern hardware and software applied to the structure elucidation of natural products. The volumes will be an essential resource for NMR spectroscopists, natural product chemists and industrial researchers working on natural product analysis or the characterization of impurities and degradation products of pharmaceuticals that can be scarce as natural product samples.