1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910271030903321

Autore

Villaroel Aurora

Titolo

Practical clinical epidemiology for the veterinarian / / Aurora Villaroel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa ; ; Chichester, England ; ; Oxford, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-119-42138-1

1-118-47204-7

1-118-47205-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Disciplina

636.089/44

Soggetti

Veterinary epidemiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With Website"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Describing health and disease -- Basic epidemiology concepts -- Evidence based medicine for the veterinarian -- Study designs -- Causation vs. association -- Diagnostic tests -- Outbreak investigations.

Sommario/riassunto

Practical Clinical Epidemiology for the Veterinarian provides thorough coverage of the fundamentals of epidemiological concepts, situated within the context of daily clinical practice.   Examines epidemiology from the lens of daily clinical practice to offer a truly practical approach  Demonstrates the relevance of epidemiology to clinical problems faced in the field using practical examples to clarify the concepts Includes clinical cases from all species, with an emphasis on small animal and equine medicine, to demonstrate the concepts  Uses an easy-to-read approach, with graphs, flowcharts,



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782802803321

Autore

Mucciaroni Gary

Titolo

Same sex, different politics [[electronic resource] ] : success and failure in the struggles over gay rights / / Gary Mucciaroni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008

ISBN

1-282-07039-8

9786612070396

0-226-54410-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Chicago Studies in American Politics

Disciplina

323.3/264

Soggetti

Gay rights

Gay people - Social conditions

Homosexuality

Gay people - Services for

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 (p. [313]-366) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Issues, institutions, and threats -- Defining the threats from gay rights -- Advocating gay rights -- Legalizing homosexual conduct -- Adoption -- Military service -- Marriage, civil rights, and hate crimes -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children? And why does our military prevent gays from serving openly even though jurisdictions nationwide continue to render such discrimination illegal? Illuminating the conditions that engender these contradictory policies, Same Sex, Different Politics explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from one policy area to another. The first book to compare results across a wide range of gay rights struggles, t