1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452080603321

Autore

Unrau Yvonne A.

Titolo

Evaluation in social work : the art and science of practice / / Yvonne A. Unrau, Peter A. Gabor, Richard M. Grinnell, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-280-84665-8

0-19-804209-4

1-4294-0304-7

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxviii, 468 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

361.0068/4

Soggetti

Human services - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously published under the title: Evaluation in the human services. c2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing an introduction to programme evaluation, this book is aimed at helping participation in evaluative activities, showing readers how to become a beginning critical producer of the professional evaluative literature, and how to master more advanced evaluation courses and texts.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144676503321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation Symposium jointly with Committee for Symposia on Drug Action, on Adrenergic Mechanisms [[electronic resource] /] / editor for the British Pharmacological Society, J.R. Vane ; editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., [1961? c1960]

ISBN

1-280-76859-2

9786613679369

0-470-71920-6

0-470-71671-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (666 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposia

Altri autori (Persone)

VaneJohn R

O'ConnerMaeve

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

Disciplina

612.45082

Soggetti

Adrenergic mechanisms

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ADRENERGIC MECHANISMS; CONTENTS; Opening address; Session 1 : Formafion and lnactivation of Adrenergic Transmitters; Formation of adrenergic transmitters; Formation of adrenaline and noradrenaline; Discussion; The fate of adrenaline and noradrenaline; 3-Methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid excretion in phaeochromocytoma; The metabolism of [α-l4CJ](±)-adrenaline in the cat; Discussion; Session 2: Storage of Catechol Aminer; Chairman's opening remarks; Origin, development and distribution of chromaffin cells; The storage of amines in the chromaffin cell

Some observations on the synthesis and storage of catechol amines in the adrenaline-containing cells of the suprarenal medullaCell types of the adrenal medulla; Discussion; Session 3: The Adrenergic Neurone; Chairman's opening remarks; Release of sympathetic transmitter by nerve stimulation; Discussion; Interference with the release of transmitter in response to nerve stimulation; The effects of bretylium



and allied agents on adrenergic neurones; The persistence of adrenergic nerve conduction after TM 10 or bretylium in the cat; Some pharmacological properties of guanethidine; Discussion

Session 4: Adrenergic Mechanisms in ManEffects of adrenaline, noradrenaline and isopropylnoradrenaline in man; Effects of catechol amines on consecutive vascular sections; Discussion; Clinical effects of drugs which prevent the release of adrenergic transmitter; Bretylium; Discussion; Session 5 : Actions of Adrenaline and Noradrenaline on the Effector Cell; Chairman's opening remarks: The concept of receptors; Relationships between agonists, antagonists and receptor sites; Receptors for sympathomimetic amines; Sympathomimetic drugs and their receptors

Various types of receptors for sympathomimetic drugsDiscussion; Biophysical changes produced by adrenaline and noradrenaline; Effect of adrenaline on depolarized smooth muscle; Discussion; The relation of adenosine-3',5'-phosphate to the action of catechol amines; The action of adrenaline on carbohydrate metabolism in relation to some of its pharmacodynamic efficts; Discussion; Session 6: Mechanism of Action of Other Sympathortiimetic Amines; Chairman's opening remarks; Tyramine and other amines as noradrenaline-releasing substances; Some observations on the effects of tyramine; Discussion

The actions of sympathomimetic amines on tryptamine receptorsThe depolarizing and blocking action of amphetamine in the cat's superior cervical ganglion; Discussion; Session 7: Central Adrenergic Mechanisms; Chairman's opening remarks; Some central actions of adrenaline and noradrenaline when administered into the cerebral ventricles; Intervention of an adrenergic mechanism during brain stem reticular activation; Electrophysiological evidence relating to the rôle of adrenaline in the central nervous system; The passage of catechol amines through the blood-brain barrier

Release of an adrenaline-like substance by electrical stimulation of the brain stem