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UNINA9910454000703321 |
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Monmonier Mark S |
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Coast lines [[electronic resource] ] : how mapmakers frame the world and chart environmental change / / Mark Monmonier |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
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1-281-96599-5 |
9786611965990 |
0-226-53404-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Coastal mapping |
Environmental monitoring |
Electronic books. |
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-214) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ONE. DEPICTION AND MEASUREMENT -- TWO. DEFINITIONS AND DELINEATIONS -- THREE. NEW WORLDS AND FICTITIOUS ISLANDS -- FOUR. TRIANGLES AND TOPOGRAPHY -- FIVE. OVERHEAD IMAGING -- SIX. ELECTRONIC CHARTS AND PRECISE POSITIONING -- SEVEN. GLOBAL SHORELINES -- EIGHT. BASELINES AND OFFSHORE BORDERS -- NINE. CALIBRATING CATASTROPHE -- TEN. RISING SEAS, ERODINGSURGE -- ELEVEN. CLOSE-UPS AND COMPLEXITY -- TWELVE. EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious challenges to all aspects of coastal existence-chiefly economic, residential, and environmental-as well as to the cartographic definition and mapping of coasts. It is this facet of coastal life that Mark Monmonier tackles in Coast Lines. Setting sail on a journey across shifting landscapes, cartographic technology, and climate change, Monmonier reveals that coastlines are as much a set of ideas, assumptions, and societal beliefs as they are solid black lines on |
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maps. Whether for sailing charts or property maps, Monmonier shows, coastlines challenge mapmakers to capture on paper a highly irregular land-water boundary perturbed by tides and storms and complicated by rocks, wrecks, and shoals. Coast Lines is peppered with captivating anecdotes about the frustrating effort to expunge fictitious islands from nautical charts, the tricky measurement of a coastline's length, and the contentious notions of beachfront property and public access. Combing maritime history and the history of technology, Coast Lines charts the historical progression from offshore sketches to satellite images and explores the societal impact of coastal cartography on everything from global warming to homeland security. Returning to the form of his celebrated Air Apparent, Monmonier ably renders the topic of coastal cartography accessible to both general readers and historians of science, technology, and maritime studies. In the post-Katrina era, when the map of entire regions can be redrawn by a single natural event, the issues he raises are more important than ever. |
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UNICASRML0292470 |
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Corna-Pellegrini, Giacomo |
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In Australia con pepita : realtà e fantasia in u8n libro di bordo (tendenzialmente geografico) redatto durante 6.000 chilometri in camper da Darwin a Perth / Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini |
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UNINA9910300088703321 |
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Titolo |
Lipoproteins in Diabetes Mellitus / / edited by Alicia J. Jenkins, Peter P. Toth, Timothy J. Lyons |
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New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Humana, , 2014 |
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[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (468 p.) |
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Contemporary Diabetes, , 2197-7844 |
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Endocrinology |
Blood-vessels - Diseases |
Cardiology |
Angiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Laboratory Assessment of Lipoproteins in Diabetes -- Lipoprotein Subclasses and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Insulin Resistance Diabetes -- Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis -- Apoproteins and Cell Surface Receptors Regulating Lipoprotein Metabolism in the Setting of Type 2 Diabetes -- Lipoprotein Metabolism and Alterations induced by insulin resistance and diabetes -- Production and Metabolism of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins in both the Normal and Diabetic States -- Lipoprotein(a): Structure, Metabolism and Pathophysiology -- Lipoprotein Glycation in Diabetes Mellitus.-Lipoprotein (LDL and HDL) Oxidation in Diabetes Mellitus -- The Role of Modified Forms of LDL and Corresponding Autoantibodies in the Development of Complications in Diabetes -- Lipid – Extracellular Matrix Interactions as Therapeutic Targets in the Atherosclerosis of Diabetes -- Tools for Assessing Lipoprotein Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus -- Endothelial Dysfunction and Dyslipidaemia in Type 2 Diabetes: Pathogenesis, Significance and Therapy -- Lipoproteins and Diabetic Nephropathy -- Roles of Extravasated and Modified Plasma Lipoproteins in Diabetic Retinopathy -- Effects of Lifestyle (Diet, Plant |
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Sterols, Excercise) and Glycemic Control on Lipoporteins in Diabetes -- About Randomised Clinical Trials Related to Lipoproteins in Diabetes Mellitus -- Statin Therapy: Impact on Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular Events in Diabetic Patients -- The PPAR System in Diabetes -- Fibrate Therapy: Impact on Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular Events in Diabetic Patients -- Niacin Therapy: Impact on Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular Events in Diabetic Patients -- Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors (Ezetimibe) and Bile Acid Binding Resins (Colesevelam HCl) as Therapy for Dyslipidemia in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus -- Emerging Lipoprotein-Related Therapeutics for Patients with Diabetes. |
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Diabetes mellitus has become epidemic on a global scale, and millions of new cases are diagnosed every year. The epidemic of diabetes mellitus is expected to result in one of the steepest rises in human morbidity and mortality ever observed outside of wartime. Insulin resistance is a hallmark of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and is characterized by impaired insulin-signaling transduction. Authoritative and comprehensive, Lipoproteins in Diabetes Mellitus details the many changes wrought by insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism. The book begins by summarizing the various techniques to measure lipoproteins and their subclasses. The mechanisms by which insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus increase risk for atherosclerosis, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy are then explored in detail. Finally, the effects of lifestyle modification and the results of clinical trials using established and investigational drugs are discussed. An invaluable contribution to the literature, Lipoproteins in Diabetes Mellitus is a comprehensive reference on the clinical and scientific aspects of lipoproteins in diabetes. It will have a long-lasting and significant effect on the medical management of people with diabetes. |
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