1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459065503321

Autore

Nixon Jon

Titolo

Higher education and the public good [[electronic resource] ] : imagining the university / / Jon Nixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2011

ISBN

1-282-91265-8

9786612912658

1-4411-8610-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

370/.015

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Philosophy

Universities and colleges

Common good

Community life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Public in Retreat; Chapter 2 Social Imaginaries; Chapter 3 Civic Imaginaries; Chapter 4 Cosmopolitan Imaginaries; Interlude: From Imaginaries to Actualities; Chapter 5 Human Capability; Chapter 6 Human Reasoning; Chapter 7 Human Purpose; Chapter 8 The Return of the Public; Coda: A Sense of Possibility; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What constitutes the public good in a highly individualistic, consumerist and privatized society?. The global financial crisis of 2008 revealed the extent to which the public realm had been eroded over the last thirty years and the inroads that privatization and commercialization have made into the higher education sector. This book explores the institutional and sector-wide implications of the financial crisis for higher education - and the lessons to be learnt from that crisis and its aftermath for the university sector as a whole. Jon Nixon argues that the university now has to be re-imagin



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144740703321

Titolo

P2 purionoceptors [[electronic resource] ] : localization, function and transduction mechanisms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : Wiley, 1996

ISBN

1-282-34796-9

9786612347962

0-470-51490-6

0-470-51491-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 198

Altri autori (Persone)

ChadwickDerek

GoodeJames

Disciplina

599

599.0188

612.0157

Soggetti

Purines - Receptors

Adenosine triphosphate - Receptors

Neurotransmitter receptors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editors: Derek J. Chadwick (organizer) and Jamie A. Goode.

Symposium held at Ciba Foundation, London, 11-13 July 1995.

Nota di contenuto

P2 PURINOCEPTORS: LOCALIZATION, FUNCTION AND TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS; Contents; Participants; P2 purinoceptors: historical perspective and cIassification; The diadenosine polyphosphate receptors: P2D purinoceptors; P2T purinoceptors: ADP receptors on platelets; P2Z purinoceptors; P2X receptors: a third major class of Iigand-gated ion channels; P2 purinoceptors and pyrimidinoceptors of catecholamine-producing cells and immunocytes; Trophic actions of extracellular ATP on astrocytes, synergistic interactions with fibroblast growth factors and underlying signal tranduction mechanisms

Trophic roles of P2 purinoceptors in central nervous system astroglial cellsTransduction mechanisms of P2Z purinoceptors; The diverse series of recombinant P2Y purinoceptors; General discussion I; P2U



purinoceptors: cDNA cloning, signal transduction mechanisms and structure-function analysis; Functional properties of native and cloned P2X receptors; ATP as a co-transmitter with no rad ren al i ne i n sym pat he t i c nerves-function and fate; ATP release and its prejunctional modulation; General discussion II

Involvement of distinct receptors in the actions of extracellular uridine nucleotidesFeatures of P2X receptor-mediated synapses in the rat brain: why doesn't ATP kill the postsynaptic cell?; P2 purinoceptors in the immune system; General discussion Ill; Challenges in developing P2 purinoceptor-based therapeutics; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Many different pathological conditions are currently under investigation as therapeutic targets of purines including cancer, cardiovascular conditions, behavioural disorders, inflammation, immunoregulation, and neuroendocrine function. This book draws together research on all aspects of P2 purinoceptors and discusses their use in different therapeutic areas.