§16§§This book focuses on issues in clinical practice and research that are of general interest. The articles primarily focus on understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of diseases, their prevention, and therapy.§The topics addressed include cardiovascular regulation with regard to blood pressure and heart rate variability, and to coupling blood pressure changes with subarachnoid fluid oscillations. In addition, the book discusses recent advances in the diagnostics of and targeted molecular therapy for renal and pancreatic malignancies, growth disorders, vitamin D and calcium homeostasis in children in the context of neonatal urolithiasis, and neurosurgical interventions in multifarious age-related diseases of the vertebrae. Neuropsychological aspects of patients' quality of life and of shaping medical staff's attitude toward patients are also addressed.§§§The respective articles are intended to build a bridge between basic and clinical research. Further, the book enhan §16§ces the current body of knowledge on diagnostics and patient treatment and offers valuable new perspectives on practical clinical issues. As such, it offers a unique resource for clinicians, family physicians, medical scholars, and professionals engaged in patient management.§§§ §13§§§§ §04§García, Claudia Sánchez Luaces, and Eduardo Arrufat Pié§ §Hand-Foot Syndrome and Progression-Free Survival in Patients Treated with Sunitinib for Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma§ §Jakub Kucharz, Monika Budnik, Paulina Dumnicka, Maciej Pastuszczak, Beata Kusnierz-Cabala, Tomasz Demkow, Katarzyna Popko, and Pawel Wiechno§ §Elastography in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Malignancies§ Przemyslaw Dyrla, Jerzy Gil, Stanislaw Niemczyk, Marek Saracyn, Krzysztof Kosik, Sebastian Czarkowski, and Arkadiusz Lubas §04§ficient Children§§Ewelina Witkowska-Sedek, Malgorzata Ruminska, Anna Majcher, and Beata Pyrzak§§Vitamin D and Calcium Homeostasis in Infants with Urolithiasis§§Agnieszka Szmigielska, Malgorzata Panczyk-Tomaszewska, Malgorzata Borowiec, Urszula Demkow, and Grazyna Krzemien§§Morphometric Analysis of the Lumbar Vertebrae Concerning the Optimal Screw Selection for Transpedicular Stabilization§§Jarek Dzierzanowski, Monika Skotarczyk, Zuzanna Baczkowska-Waliszewska, Mateusz Krakowiak, Marek Radkowski, Piotr Luczkiewicz, Piotr Czapiewski, Tomasz Szmuda, Pawel Sloniewski, Edyta Szurowska, Pawel J. Winklewski, Urszula Demkow, and Arkadiusz Szarmach§§Stress and Dehumanizing Behaviors of Medical Staff toward Patients§§Alicja Glebocka§§Biological and Social Determinants of Maximum Oxygen Uptake in Adult Men§§Stanislaw B. Nowak, Andrzej Jopkiewicz, and Pawel Tomaszewski
