1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910285849103321

Autore

Verdone, Roberto

Titolo

Wireless sensor and actuator networks : technologied, analysis and design / Roberto Verdone ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : Elsevier : Academic Press, , c2008

ISBN

978-0-12-372539-4

Descrizione fisica

XXVIII, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

621.38456

Locazione

FINBC

FINAG

Collocazione

13 26 15

13 H 51 37

23 14 B 32

23 14 B 33

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460120803321

Titolo

Manual of nephrology / / edited by Robert W. Schrier, MD, Professor Emeritus, Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer Health, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4963-2428-5

1-4698-8736-3

Edizione

[Eighth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Disciplina

616.6/1

Soggetti

Kidneys - Diseases - Diagnosis

Kidneys - Diseases - Treatment

Metabolism - Disorders - Diagnosis

Metabolsm - Diseases - Treatment

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

The edematous patient : cardiac failure, cirrhosis, and nephrotic syndrome / Robert W. Schrier and David H. Ellison -- The patient with hyponatremia or hypernatremia / Robert W. Schrier and Tomas Berl -- The patient with hypokalemia or hyperkalemia / Jie Tang and Stuart L. Linas -- The patient with an acid-base disorder / William D. Kaehny -- The patient with disorders of serum calcium and phosphorus / Jeffrey G. Penfield and Robert F. Reilly -- The patient with kidney stones / Robert F. Reilly -- The patient with urinary tract infection / Jessica B. Kendrick, L. Barth Reller, and Marilyn E. Levi -- The patient with hematuria, proteinuria, or both, and abnormal findings on urinary microscopy / Godela M. Brosnahan -- The patient with glomerular disease or vasculitis / Sarah E. Panzer and Joshua M. Thurman -- The patient with acute kidney injury / Sarah Faubel and Charles L. Edelstein -- The patient with chronic kidney disease / Michel Chonchol and Jessica B. Kendrick -- The patient receiving chronic renal replacement with dialysis / Seth Ferguson and Isaac Teitelbaum -- The patient with



a kidney transplant / James Cooper, Lawrence Chan, and Alexander Wiseman -- The patient with kidney disease and hypertension in pregnancy / Phyllis August, Diana I. Jalal, and Judy Blaine -- The patient with hypertension / Seth Ferguson, Charles R. Nolan, and Robert W. Schrier -- Practical guidelines for drug dosing in patients with impaired kidney function / Ali Olyaei and William M. Bennett.

Sommario/riassunto

The newly updated 8th edition of this bestseller continues a 20-year tradition, with expert scientific research and clinical recommendations on the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic kidney disease. This comprehensive reference offers you solid, practical guidance on common renal problems-causes, symptoms, treatments and complications. Features: Topics covered include: electrolyte and acid-base disorders, UTI's, kidney stones, glomerulonephritis and vasculitis, acute or chronic renal failure, hypertension, and renal disease in pregnancy and diabetes; NEW content on kidney disease in

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458983803321

Titolo

The ethics of sports coaching / / edited by Alun Hardman and Carwyn Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-135-28295-1

1-135-28296-X

1-283-04534-6

9786613045348

0-203-86844-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Ethics and Sport

Altri autori (Persone)

HardmanAlun

JonesCarwyn <1967->

Disciplina

796.07/7

Soggetti

Coaching (Athletics)

Sports - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I The nature of coaching; 1 THE NORMATIVE AIMS OF COACHING: The good coach as an enlightened generalist; 2 CELEBRATING TRUST: Virtues and rules in the ethical conduct of sports coaches; PART II The character of the coach; 3 BECOMING A GOOD COACH: Coaching and phronesis; 4 OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY IN COACHING; 5 SPORTS COACHING AND VIRTUE ETHICS; PART III Coaching specific populations; 6 THE MORAL AMBIGUITY OF COACHING YOUTH SPORT; 7 SPORT-SMART PERSONS: A practical ethics for coaching young athletes

8 MALES COACHING FEMALE ATHLETES9 COACHING ETHICS AND PARALYMPIC SPORTS; PART IV Coaching in context: Contemporary ethical issues; 10 COACHING AND THE ETHICS OF YOUTH TALENT IDENTIFICATION: Rethinking luck and justice; 11 COACHING AND THE ETHICS OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT; 12 ETHICAL ISSUES IN COACHING DANGEROUS SPORTS; 13 A DEFENSE OF EXPATRIATE COACHING IN SPORT; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Is the role of the sports coach simply to improve sporting performance? What are the key ethical issues in sports coaching practice?Despite the increasing sophistication of our understanding of the player-sport-coach relationship, the dominant perspective of the sports coach is still an instrumental one, focused almost exclusively on performance, achievement and competitive success. In this ground-breaking new book, leading sport scholars challenge that view, arguing that the coaching process is an inherently moral one with an ine



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779056303321

Autore

Garver John W

Titolo

Protracted contest [[electronic resource] ] : Sino-Indian rivalry in the twentieth century / / John W. Garver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, 2001

ISBN

0-295-80120-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (462 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/251054

Soggetti

China Relations India

India Relations China

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 ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""1. Sino-Indian Relations: The Protracted Contest ""; ""2. The Tibetan Factor in Sino-Indian Relations ""; ""3. The Territorial Dispute ""; ""4. Sino-Indian Rivalry for Influence and Status among Developing Countries ""; ""5. Indian-Chinese Rivalry in Nepal ""; ""6. Sikkim and Bhutan ""; ""7. The Sino-Pakistani Entente Cordiale ""; ""8. Managing the Contradiction between Maintaining the Sino-Pakistani Entente and Furthering Sino-Indian Rapprochment ""; ""9. Burma: The Back Door to China ""

""10. The Indian Ocean in Sino-Indian Relations """"11. Nuclear Weapons and the Sino-Indian Relationship ""; ""12. Nuclear Weapons and the International Status of China and India ""; ""13. Prospects for a Qualitative Change in PRC-ROI Relations ""; ""Notes ""; ""Index ""