Note: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Hyperprolactinemia and Cushing's Disease: Occam's Razor vs Hickam's Dictum -- Introduction -- Case Presentation -- Clinical Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Follow up -- Discussion -- References -- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management -- 1Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK -- 2Department of Endocrinology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Portugal -- Case Description -- Discussion -- Pathophysiology and Epidemiology -- Diagnosis and Initial Evaluation -- Endocrine Abnormalities: Diagnosis and Management -- Management Approach -- Follow-Up and Prognosis -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A Patient Presenting with Headache and Epistaxis -- Case Presentation -- Discussion -- References -- A Rare Presentation of TSH Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma with Coexisting Primary Hypothyroidism from Hashimoto's Thyroiditis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Case Report -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Management of Osteoporosis in a Man with Cushing's Disease and Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism Following Successful Transsphenoidal Surgery -- Abbreviations -- 1. What Is the Current Evidence Regarding the Screening and Treatment of Osteoporosis Induced by Cushing's Disease? Can the Corresponding Literature in Patients with Exogenous Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis (GIO) Be Utilized in Cushing's Disease? -- 2. What Are the Mechanisms of Bone Loss in Patients with Hypercortisolism? -- 3. What Is the Extent (and the Trajectory) of Bone Recovery in This Patient with Evidence of Cured Cushing's Disease? What Is the Likelihood of Complete Bone Recovery to Baseline?. , 4. When Should Antiresorptive Therapy Be Considered in This Patient? What Therapeutic Agents Should Be Considered as First Line Therapy? -- 5. How Much Bone Recovery Is Expected from Androgen Replacement Therapy? Should Antiresorptive Therapy be Postponed in Anticipation of Potential Skeletal Gains from Androgen Replacement? -- 6. What Anatomic Fractures Is This Patient at Highest Risk of Developing? How Does the Patient's Gender Affect the Phenotype and Severity of Bone Disease? -- References -- Multidisciplinary Management of Atypical Pituitary Adenomas -- Case Report -- The History of Atypical Adenomas -- Discussion -- Treatment Recommendations -- Gross Total Resection -- Residual Disease -- Recurrence or Growth of Residual Disease -- Repeat Recurrence or Inaccessibility of Tumor -- Conclusion -- References -- A Referral for Delayed Puberty May Unveil an Underlying Complex Syndrome -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Management of Cystic Prolactinomas -- Introduction -- Case #1 -- Case #2 -- Case #3 -- Discussion -- References -- Primary Generalized Glucocorticoid Resistance Syndrome -- Abstract -- Clinical Vignette -- Pathophysiology -- Molecular Mechanism -- Clinical Presentation and Differential Diagnosis -- Patients Evaluation and Management -- References -- Management of Persistent Disease after Surgery in a Young Woman with Acromegaly -- Case Presentation -- Management of the Patient with Persistent Disease Following Surgery for Acromegaly -- Further Treatment Plan -- Medical Therapy -- Combination Medical Therapy -- Cabergoline and Pegvisomant -- Somatostatin Receptor Ligands and Pegvisomant -- Pregnancy in Acromegaly -- Clinical Course Following Pregnancy -- Key Points -- References -- Cushing's Syndrome: What Should We Do While Investigating for the Source? -- Case Presentation -- Initial Presentation -- How Was a Diagnosis Made?. , Screening Testing -- Confirmatory Testing -- Localization Studies -- Treatment -- Co-Morbidities Associated with CS -- Clinical Course on Medical Treatment -- Key Points -- References -- Challenges in the Management of Ectopic Cushing's Syndrome -- Medical Management -- Etomidate -- Metyrapone -- Ketoconazole -- Somatostatin Analogs -- Mifepristone -- Cabergoline -- Mitotane -- Aminoglutethimide -- LCI699 -- Hypercoagulability in Cushing's Syndrome -- Risk of Opportunistic Infections -- Cyclic Cushing's Syndrome -- Conclusion -- References -- A Case of Gigantism -- Management and Discussion -- Summary -- References -- Pituitary Stalk Lesions: Challenges in Diagnosis -- Case Presentation -- Discussion -- References -- When Cushing's Comes and Goes … -- Blood Tests -- 24 Hour Urinary Cortisol -- Midnight Cortisol -- Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test -- Hunan-Sequence Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone (CRH) Stimulation Test -- Radiology -- Interpretation of Results -- Change in ACTH Levels around the Time of Thymectomy -- Case Discussion -- References -- Hyponatremia after Pituitary Surgery: SIADH or Cerebral Salt Wasting? -- Introduction -- Case Presentation -- Triphasic Response -- Isolated Second Phase -- SIADH versus CSW -- Other Endocrinopathies Causing Hyponatremia -- Acute versus Chronic Hyponatremia -- Treatment of Hyponatremia -- Summary -- References -- Cushing's Disease Identified Post-Adrenalectomy for Adrenal Nodules -- Introduction -- Case 1 -- Comments - Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Background -- Case Presentation -- Evaluation -- Comments - Case 2 -- Summary Comments: Cases 1 and 2 -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Cushing's Syndrome: You Have to Dot the "I's" and Cross the "T's" -- References -- Headaches in a Patient with a Pituitary Mass -- Introduction -- Case Presentation -- Watchful Waiting -- Back to the Case. , Etiology and Diagnostic Evaluation of Hypophysitis -- Back to the Case -- Glucocorticoids Role in Management of Primary Hypophysitis -- Role of Surgical Intervention -- Miscellaneous Therapies -- Conclusion -- References -- Cushing Syndrome in MEN-1: A Rare Association and a Challenging Diagnosis -- Case Report -- Is It Correct to Perform Biochemical Evaluation for CS in Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Masses? -- Case Report/Continuation -- Is It Correct to Suspect Type 1 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN-1) Syndrome in This Patient? -- Cushing Syndrome in MEN-1 -- How Can the Cause of Cushing Syndrome in This Patient Be Established? -- Case Report/Further Work Up -- Final Remarks -- References -- A Medically Complicated Case of Acromegaly with Challenging Decision Making -- History of Present Illness -- Physical Examination -- Medications -- Lab Results -- Radiological Imaging -- Summary of Patient Management and Decision Making -- Discussion for our Treatment Plan -- Acromegaly and Associated Co-Morbidities -- Conclusion -- References -- Effects of Testosterone Replacement on Prolactinoma Management -- References -- Management of an Aggressive Silent Corticotroph Adenoma -- References -- Pregnancy in Women with Hypopituitarism and Growth Hormone Substitution Therapy -- Clinical Presentation -- Conclusion -- References -- Treatment of Aggressive Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas with Adjuvant Temozolomide Chemotherapy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Case Report -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- A Suprasellar Mass of Unclear Etiology Presenting at a Time of Concurrent Metastatic Carcinoma Diagnosis -- References -- Management of Acromegaly in a Patient with McCune Albright Syndrome -- Discussion -- References -- Nondiagnostic Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling in Suspected Cushing Disease -- Introduction -- Case #1 -- Evaluation. , Treatment and Outcome -- Case #2 -- Evaluation -- Treatment and Outcome -- Discussion -- References -- Recurrent Hyponatremia with Normal Cosyntropin Stimulation: Don't Ignore Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency -- Introduction -- Case Presentation -- Evaluation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal Axis -- Morning Cortisol Levels -- Cosyntropin Stimulation Test -- Insulin Tolerance Test -- Metyrapone Stimulation Test -- Electrolyte Abnormalities in AI -- Case Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Pituitary Adenoma and Other Considerations -- Case Presentation -- Hormonal Evaluation -- MRI -- References -- Diagnosis and Treatment of an ACTH-Secreting Ectopic Pituitary Adenoma in the Sphenoid Sinus -- Introduction -- Case Description -- Discussion -- Challenges of Diagnosis -- Clinical Decision-Making Explained -- Postoperative Management -- Conclusion and Lessons -- References -- Microsurgical Transsphenoidal Chiasmapexy for Empty Sella Syndrome and Traction Chiasmopathy -- Introduction -- Case Illustration -- History and Examination -- Laboratory Studies -- Clinical and Operative Plan -- Operative Technique -- Discussion -- References -- Cystic Prolactinomas-Management Considerations -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Discussion -- Conclusions/Author's Perspective -- References -- Striving for the Best Possible Quality of Life in a Complex Cushing's Patient: Cure or Control? -- Case Description -- Considerations of the Multidisciplinary Team on Initial Diagnosis and Management -- Diagnosis of Hypercortisolism in This Patient -- Diagnosis of Pituitary Source of ACTH Dependent Cushing -- Rationale for Medical Pre-Treatment in General -- Consideration for First Surgical Exploration in This Individual Patient -- Considerations of the Multidisciplinary Team on Secondary Management -- Treatment Options -- Transnasal Surgery. , Alternative Neurosurgical Options.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Preface -- I: The Psychological Devolution: The Emotional Source of the Scientific Movement -- II: The Royal Society and the Scientists of England -- III: The Nominalist Recovery of the Sense of Reality -- IV: The Ethic of the Copernican Revolution -- V: Scientific Revolution and Counterrevolution in Italy -- VI: Vesalius and the Psychological Sources of the Anatomical Revolution -- VII: The Comparative Sociology of Science -- VIII: The Masochist Mode of Perception in Asian Civilizations -- IX: The French Revolutionary Ethic and Science -- X: The Scientific Revolution Among the Jews -- XI: The Scientific Intellectual in the United States -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Harvey and Gilbert: Precursors of the Royal Society -- Appendix B: The Enigma of Newton -- Appendix C: The Membership of the Royal Society -- Index.

Note: Springer Proceedings in Physics 86 -- Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XIII -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics: An Introduction -- Part I Interacting Quantum Systems -- Spin Dynamics and Noncollinearity in Molecules and Crystals -- Ground State Properties of the J1-J2 Heisenberg Model: A GFMCSR Study -- Solving Sign Problems with Meron Algorithms -- Low-Temperature Thermodynamics of Quantum Systems -- The Dynamical Cluster Approximation: A New Technique for Simulations of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems -- Part II Methodology and Algorithms -- A Parallel Algorithm for Groundstate Search -- Simulation of Quantum Computers -- Avoiding a Pitfall in Dynamically Optimized Monte Carlo Method -- Morphological Image Analysis -- An n-Fold Algorithm for the Heisenberg Model: An Equilibrium Study -- Part III Defects and Disorder -- First-Principles Simulation of Oxygen Defects in Silicon -- Blocking and Persistence in the Disordered Ising Model -- Solution of the Multifluxline Ground State Problem in Disordered Systems -- Disorder-Driven Roughening Transition of Flux Lines in a Periodic Potential -- Non-Self-Averaging Autocorrelations for Quenched Connectivity Disorder -- Part IV Glasses and Fluids -- Domain-Wall Free Energy of Spin-Glass Models: An Extended Ensemble Approach -- Equilibrating Glassy Systems with Parallel Tempering -- High-Resolution Study of Fluid Criticality -- Part V Nonequilibrium and Dynamical Systems -- Simulational Study on Phase Transition Using Dynamic Behavior -- Nonequilibrium Surface Growth and Scalability of Parallel Algorithms for Large Asynchronous Systems -- Hysteresis in an Electrochemical System: Br Electrodeposition on Ag(100) -- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanocrystalline Pd under Stress -- Part VI Polymers and Complex Systems. , Langevin Dynamics Simulations of Polymers Near Fluctuating Surfaces -- Lattice Models of Amphiphilic Fluid Hydrodynamics: Simulations and Results -- Emergent Behavior in Many-Particle Systems -- List of Contributors.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Authors' Note -- Citations and Suggested Readings -- Section 1.: Botanical Nomenclature and Glossary of Botanical Terms -- Botanical Nomenclature -- Glossary of Botanical Terms -- Section 2.: Poisons, Poisoning, Syndromes, and Their Clinical Management -- Section 3.: Plant-Induced Dermatitis (Phytodermatitis) -- Section 4.: Gastrointestinal Decontamination -- Section 5.: Individual Plants -- Photographers' Credits -- Disclaimer -- Index.

Note: Springer Proceedings in Physics 85 -- Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XII -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics: An Introduction -- Part I Electronic Structure and Quantum Monte Carlo -- Beyond Wavelets: Exactness Theorems for Physical Calculations -- Screening of a Point Charge: A Fixed-Node Diffusion Monte Carlo Study -- Quantum Simulations of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems -- Competing Effects in Perovskite Manganites: Ferromagnetism vs. Phase Separation -- Part II Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena -- Critical Finite-Size Scaling with Constraints: Fisher Renormalization Revisited -- Monte Carlo Simulation of Spin Models with Long-Range Interactions -- Phase Diagram of the Spin-3/2 Blume-Capel Model -- Dynamic Phase Transition and Hysteresis in Kinetic Ising Models -- Application of the 8-State Clock Model to FM/AFM/FM Trilayers -- Monte Carlo Study of Critical Point Shifts in Thin Films -- Incipient Spanning Clusters in Square and Cubic Percolation -- Part III Spin Glasses -- A Bivariate Multicanonical Monte Carlo of the 3D ±J Spin Glass -- Monte Carlo Simulation of the Three-Dimensional Ising Spin Glass -- Part IV Computer Simulation Methods -- Molecular Dynamics Simulations with IMD -- Further Applications of the Broad Histogram Method for Continuous Systems -- Introduction to the Propp-Wilson Method of Exact Sampling for the Ising Model -- Magnetic Properties of Finite Systems: Microcanonical Finite-Size Scaling -- Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Directional Crystal Growth -- Part V Polymers and Surfactants -- Escape Transition of a Grafted Polymer Chain -- Monte Carlo Simulations of Model Nonionic Surfactants -- A New Model to Simulate the Growth of Branched Polymers. , Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Adsorption of Single Chains on Surfaces.

Note: SPRINGER PROCEEDINGS IN PHYSICS 89 -- Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XIV -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics: An Introduction -- Part I Nonequilibrium and Dynamical Behavior -- 2 Nonequilibrium Energy Transport in Multiphase System -- 3 Dynamics of Dislocations in a Two-dimensional System -- 4 Recent Development in Nonequilibrium Relaxation Method -- 5 Dynamic Phase Diagram for a Periodically Driven Kinetic Square-lattice Ising Ferromagnet: Finite-size Scaling Evidence for the Absence of a Tri-critical Point -- 6 First-Principles Parameter Estimation for Dynamic Monte Carlo of a Lattice-Gas Model -- Part II Clusters, Films, and Interfaces -- 7 Gold Microclusters (Aun -- n = 3-13): A Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulation -- 8 On the Ground State Structure of Adsorbed Monolayers: Can One Find them by Monte Carlo Simulation? -- 9 Simulation of the Early Stages of Growth on a Patterned Substrate -- 10 Ions and Other Solutes at the Ice/Water Interface -- 11 Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Droplet Spreading Process for Metallic Phases: The Low Energy Cluster-Substrate Impacts -- 12 Universal Expression for Blocking Cone Size in Low Energy Ion Scattering Based on MD Simulations -- Part III Phase Transitions -- 13 Critical Phenomena at the Surface of Systems Undergoing a Bulk First Order Transition: Are They Understood? -- 14 Analysis of the Density of Partition Function Zeroes: A Measure for Phase Transition Strength -- 15 The Spectrum of Eigenvalues in the Renormalization Group Theory of Phase Transitions -- Part IV New Methods and Approaches -- 16 Methods for Computing Density of States for Statistical Mechanical Models -- 17 New Cluster Method for the Ising Model. , 18 Low Temperature Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations with a Phonon Heat Bath for Square-Lattice Ising Ferromagnets -- 19 Applications of the Probability-Changing Cluster Algorithm and Related Problems -- 20 Exponential Product Computing-Scheme for Time-Dependent Interactions Including the Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian -- 21 Visualization and Real-Time Collaboration over Internet-2 -- Part V Quantum Systems / Electronic Structure -- 22 Chiral Symmetry Versus the Lattice -- 23 The Stochastic Series Expansion Method for Quantum Lattice Models -- 24 Superconductivity with a Meron-Cluster Algorithm -- 25 Advances in the Investigation of the Minus Sign Problem for the Fermionic Case -- 26 New Variational States for t - J Ladders -- 27 Ab-initio Study of the Ground-State Phase Diagram of the Icosahedral Ti-Zr-Ni Quasicrystal -- 28 Geometric Theory of Stress Fields for Quantum Systems at Finite Temperature -- Part VI Polymers and Complex Systems -- 29 Phase Behavior of Binary Polymer Blends in Thin Films -- 30 Statistics of an Age Structured Population with Two Competing Species: Analytic and Monte Carlo Studies -- 31 Including Hydrodynamic Interactions in Acicular Models of Magnetic Colloids -- 32 Simulation of the Dynamics of Polymers in Solution via a Hybrid Molecular Dynamics-Lattice Boltzmann Scheme -- 33 Frustrated Spring-Network Model for Crosslinked Polymer Surfaces -- 34 The Wonderful World of Granular Ratchets -- List of Contributors.