This volume is the product of a February 1982 conference, cosponsored by the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, which examined techniques for delineating quantitatively the natural history of atherosclerosis. Against the background of current pathologic and clinical knowledge of atherosclerosis, invasive and noninvasive evaluative methods now in use and under development are surveyed in depth. Correlative clinicopathologic studies of atherosclerosis pose special questions with respect to both luminal and plaque characteristics that are addressed in this volume. An old observa­ tion, based on the examination of arterial casts, suggested that the so-called nodose lesion of atherosclerosis may be at first flattened into the wall of a weakened, dilated artery, rather than raised into the lumen. This is now fully confirmed in vivo by ultrasonic and other imaging techniques. The morbid anatomist is challenged anew to describe lesions as they are likely to occur in vivo. To achieve closer correlation with natural conditions, perfu­ sion fixation of arteries under arterial pressure is becoming more widely used and has already demonstrated more valid quantita­ tion of the composition and configuration of lesions. While the noninvasive methods of B-mode and Doppler ultrasound are suitable only for the clinical study of superficial arteries, such as the carotid or femoral, the new and relatively noninvasive procedure of intravenous digital subtraction angio­ graphy can be effectively used for the examination of deep systems, such as cerebral vessels.

Using a one-piece block from My First Patchwork Book, this guide teaches how to make a simple nine-block quilt. Children learn the history of quilting and that a quilt is like a sandwich with a top, a bottom, and a filling. Instructions for a quilt plan, supply lists, yardage requirements, and simple preparation information are also provided.

Product Description: This book will make it easy for kids to learn these crafts, even if they ve never held a needle and thread, a crochet hook or knitting needles before. The book is divided into three information-packed chapters that take kids from learning basic techniques to actually completing simple projects...read more

Explains quilting techniques and stitches, reviews materials and tools, and provides step-by-step instructions for five projects, including a notebook cover, purses and bags, and a cat wall hanging.

Product Description: This book in the Kids Can Do It series features instructions and patterns for a modern look at a traditional American handicraft.

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Introduces basic quilting skills, including making templates, setting-in patches, cutting, and stitching.

Introduces basic quilting skills, including making templates, setting-in patches, cutting, and stitching.

A quilting book for kids features easy stitches and simple-to-follow patterns to create masterpieces full of American spirit. Simultaneous.

Provides step-by-step instructions and illustrations for creative quilting projects.

Features ten simple projects, including a pencil case, a crazy quilt pillow, and a hopscotch lap quilt, with step-by-step instructions for creating decorative and useful appliquâe and quilted items.

Discusses the history of quilting and the creative techniques and and sewing skills involved and provides instructions for creating five different quilts.

Alternating pages describe a young girl's life on a farm and how she made a patchwork quilt to capture memories of that life, with patterns and instructions for making a similar quilt

An illustrated history of quilting, with questions, activities, and directions for making a quilt from variations of a nine-square pattern of squares and triangles.

Basic instructions for developing skills in patchwork, appliquâe, and quilting with a number of learn-by-doing projects for each technique.