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UNINA9910231248603321 |
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Autore |
Catalan Jordi |
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Titolo |
High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jordi Catalan, Josep M Ninot, M. Mercè Aniz |
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Cham, : Springer Nature, 2017 |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XIV, 413 p. 114 illus., 86 illus. in color.) |
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Advances in Global Change Research, , 1574-0919 ; ; 62 |
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Nature conservation |
Climate change |
Conservation biology |
Ecology |
Ecosystems |
Environmental geography |
Nature Conservation |
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts |
Conservation Biology/Ecology |
Environmental Geography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Introduction -- 1. Trade-offs in the high-mountain conservation -- 2. Present phylogeorgraphic patterns in European mountains resulting from past large climatic oscillations -- 3. The early human occupation of the high mountain -- 4. Millenial socio-ecological trajectories in high mountain and land use -- 5. Non-equilibrium in alpine plan assemblages, current shifts in summit floras -- 6. Diversity assembly in alpine plant communities -- 7. Regional forest idiosyncrasy and the response to global change -- 8. Life-history responses to the altitudinal gradient in mountain fauna -- 9. Towards a microbial conservation perspective in high-mountain lakes -- 10. On defence of fishless high mountain lakes -- 11. Atmospheric chemical loadings in the high mountain: current forcing and legacy pollution -- 12. High soil |
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carbon stocks in mountain grasslands may be compromised by land use changes -- 13. Why recovering large carnivore populations in high mountains? -- 14. The role of environmental history in high mountain landscape conservation -- 15. Conservation lessons from long-term studies of the bearded vulture -- 16. Monitoring global change in the high mountain -- 17. Evaluating global change effects on high mountain snow and the impact on water resources -- 18. A modelling approach to the understanding of past, present and future shifts in vegetation -- 19. Challenges for conservation in a changing world, perspective from the high mountains. |
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This book aims to provide case studies and a general view of the main processes involved in the ecosystem shifts occurring in the high mountains, and to analyse the implications for nature conservation. Although case studies from the Pyrenees are preponderant, conclusions are aimed at any mountain range surrounded by highly populated lowland areas. The chapters give emphasis to approaches from environmental geography, functional ecology, biogeography, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. The introductory and closing chapters summarize the main challenges that nature conservation may face in mountain areas under the environmental shifting conditions. This interdisciplinary book will appeal to researchers in mountain ecosystems, students and nature professionals. This book is open access under a CC BY license. |
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UNINA9910554210203321 |
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Autore |
Lacombe Matthew J. |
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Firepower : how the NRA turned gun owners into a political force / / Matthew J. Lacombe |
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Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
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�2021 |
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9780691207469 |
0691207461 |
0-691-20745-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 312 pages) : charts |
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Princeton studies in American politics. Historical, international, and comparative perspectives |
Princeton scholarship online |
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Gun control - United States |
Firearms ownership - Political aspects - United States |
Firearms owners - Political activity - United States |
Pressure groups - United States |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Also issued in print: 2021. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Explaining the NRA's power -- The political weaponization of gun owners : the NRA and gun ownership as social identity -- "America's first freedom" : the NRA's gun-centric political ideology -- Gun policy during the NRA's quasi-governmental phase -- The party-group alignment of the NRA and the GOP -- Gun policy during the NRA's partisan phase -- Conclusion. |
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The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations - even despite widespread public support for stricter laws and the prevalence of mass shootings and gun-related deaths. 'Firepower' provides an unprecedented look at how this controversial organization built its political power and deploys it on behalf of its pro-gun agenda. Taking readers from the 1930s to the age of Donald Trump, Matthew Lacombe traces how the NRA's immense influence on national politics arises from its ability to shape the |
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political outlooks and actions of its followers. He draws on nearly a century of archival records and surveys to show how the organization has fashioned a distinct worldview around gun ownership and used it to mobilize its supporters. |
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UNINA9910141259903321 |
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Titolo |
Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Performance : Results of WHO Product Testing of RDTs: Round 1 (2008) |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (107 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Malaria -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation |
Malaria -- Microbiology |
Plasmodium -- Testing |
Epidemiologic Research Design |
Statistics as Topic |
Equipment and Supplies |
Protozoan Infections |
Indicators and Reagents |
Mathematical Concepts |
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms |
Phenomena and Processes |
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment |
Epidemiologic Methods |
Laboratory Chemicals |
Parasitic Diseases |
Disease |
Specialty Uses of Chemicals |
Public Health |
Quality of Health Care |
Investigative Techniques |
Environment and Public Health |
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation |
Chemical Actions and Uses |
Delivery of Health Care |
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Chemicals and Drugs |
Sensitivity and Specificity |
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic |
Malaria |
Medicine |
Health & Biological Sciences |
Infectious Diseases |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. EXECUTIVE; 2. BACKGROUND; 3. OBJECTIVES; 4. MATERIALS AND METHODS; 5. DATA MANAGEMENT; 6. QUALITY ASSURANCE; 7. ETHICAL CONSIDRATIONS; 8. DATA ANALYSIS; 9. LABORATORY VERSUS FIELD-BASED MALARIA RDT EVALUATIONS; 10. RESULTS; 11. HEAT STABILITY; 12. EASE OF USE DESCRIPTION; 13. DISCUSSION OF KEY FINDINGS; 14. ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ENSURE QUALITY AND UTILITY OF RDT TESTING; 15. CONCLUSIONS; 16. REFERENCES; ANNEXES |
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The largest-ever independent laboratory-based evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has shown that some tests on the market perform exceptionally well in tropical temperatures and can detect even low parasite densities in blood samples while other tests were only able to detect the parasite at high parasite densities. This document reports on evaluations co-sponsored by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) WHO-based Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Testing was per |
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