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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453507303321

Titolo

The role and future of special collections in research libraries : British and American perspectives / / Sul. H. Lee, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-93977-8

1-315-85946-7

1-317-93978-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LeeSul H

Disciplina

027.7/0973

Soggetti

Research libraries - United States

Research libraries - Great Britain

Libraries - United States - Special collections

Libraries - Great Britain - Special collections

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Has also been published as Journal of library administration, volume 19, number 1, 1993"--T.p. verso.

Papers presented at a seminar held at the University of Oxford, Sept. 13-17, 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Special Collections and the Scholarly Community; Role and Function of Special Collections in Research and Education: British and American Perspectives; Services and Development Issues Related to Manuscripts and Other Unique Materials; The Evolving Character of Special Collections: A British Perspective; The Future of Special Collections in Emerging Information Delivery Programs; Get Out of the Way If You Can't Lend a Hand: The Changing Nature of Scholarship and the Significance of Special Collections

Sommario/riassunto

What does the future hold for special collections in research libraries? Will special collections be an important feature in humanistic research or will technology make special collections irrelevant to research in the humanities? The Role and Future of Special Collections in Research



Libraries explores the answers to these questions by examining special collections in British and American libraries and the changing trends in research and scholarship as they relate to special collections. This book examines the particular experience of a variety of special collections in British rese

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455461703321

Autore

Richer Alice C.

Titolo

Food allergies / / Alice C. Richer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Connecticut ; ; London, [England] : , : Greenwood Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-313-35273-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Biographies of Disease, , 1940-445X

Disciplina

616.97/5

Soggetti

Food allergy

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

Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. When Foods Turn Deadly; Are Food Allergies on the Rise?; Immunology-The Science; The Human Immune System; Adverse Food Reactions-''True'' Allergy or Something Else?; Chapter 2. Are Foods the Problem?; Symptoms of ''True'' Food Allergies; Symptoms-Other Culprits; Making the Correct Diagnosis; Dubious Testing Methods; Chapter 3. Who's at Risk?; Genetics, Environment, or Something Else?; Research Efforts; Select Clinical Studies; Chapter 4. Managing Food Allergies in the Real World

Living with Food Allergies and HypersensitivitiesAvoidance Diets; Diet Guidelines; Less Common Allergies; Living with Nonallergic Food Hypersensitivities; Cross-Contamination; Chapter 5. It's an Emergency!; Treatment Options; Food Allergy Action Plan; Risks of Skin Exposures, Airborne Allergens, and Other Sources; Chapter 6. Living a ''Normal'' Life; Psychological Effects of Food Allergies; Coping Skills at Home;



Managing the Supermarket; Restaurants; Traveling Tips; Schools; Chapter 7. Is There Any Hope?; Current Food Allergy Studies; Possible Treatments of the Future

Food Allergy Research ResourcesQuestions and Answers; Appendix A: Nonallergenic Food Sources for Vitamins Found in Allergenic Foods; Appendix B: Nonallergenic Food Sources for Minerals Found in Allergenic Foods; Appendix C: Nonallergenic Food Sources for Macronutrients, Fiber, Flavonoids Found in Allergenic Foods; Appendix D: Resource List; Timeline; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; W

Sommario/riassunto

Most people take eating for granted - but for some, eating can be downright dangerous. Thirty thousand Americans are hospitalized each year due to an allergic food reaction and peanut allergies in American children doubled from 1997 to 2002. Between two and ten percent of children are affected by food allergies worldwide and adverse food reactions increased hospital admissions by five hundred percent in the United Kingdom during the past two decades.  Asthma cases, a reliable indicator of food allergy susceptibility, increased one hundred percent during the last thirty years. While most peopl



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Record Nr.

UNISA996214924703316

Titolo

Carbon cycling in northern peatlands [[electronic resource]] / Andrew J. Baird ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : American Geophysical Union, c2009

ISBN

1-118-66666-6

1-118-67250-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Geophysical Monograph Series ; ; 184

Altri autori (Persone)

BairdAndrew J. <1969->

Disciplina

577.144

577/.144

Soggetti

Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) - Northern Hemisphere

Peatlands - Environmental aspects - Northern Hemisphere

Carbon sequestration - Northern Hemisphere

Greenhouse gases - Northern Hemisphere

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Understanding Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands: Recent Developments and Future Prospects; Section I: Large-Scale Peatland Dynamics and Carbon Cycling; Nonlinear Dynamics of Peatlands and Potential Feedbacks on the Climate System; Issues Related to Incorporating Northern Peatlands Into Global Climate Models; Upscaling of Peatland-Atmosphere Fluxes of Methane: Small-Scale Heterogeneity in Process Rates and the Pitfalls of "Bucket-and-S; Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon Dynamics to Holocene Climate Change; Direct Human Impacts on the Peatland Carbon Sink

Section II: Near-Surface Processes of Peatland Carbon CyclingNorthern Peatland Vegetation and the Carbon Cycle: A Remote Sensing Approach; Plant Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Release in Peatlands; Microbial Community Structure and Carbon Substrate Use in Northern Peatlands; Partitioning Litter Mass Loss Into Carbon Dioxide and Methane in Peatland Ecosystems; Section III: Methane Accumulation in, and Loss From, Peatlands; Methane Accumulation and Release From



Deep Peat:

Noninvasive Field-Scale Characterization of Gaseous-Phase Methane Dynamics in Peatlands Using the Ground-Penetrating Radar MethoMethane Dynamics in Peat: Importance of Shallow Peats and a Novel Reduced-Complexity Approach for Modeling Ebullition; The Stable Carbon Isotope Composition of Methane Produced and Emitted From Northern Peatlands; Laboratory Investigations of Methane Buildup in, and Release From, Shallow Peats; Physical Controls on Ebullition Losses of Methane From Peatlands; Section IV: Water and Dissolved Carbon Transfers Within and From Peatlands

Dissolved Organic Carbon Production and Transport in Canadian PeatlandsHydrological Controls on Dissolved Organic Carbon Production and Release From UK Peatlands; The Role of Natural Soil Pipes in Water and Carbon Transfer in and From Peatlands; Improving Conceptual Models of Water and Carbon Transfer Through Peat; Water Relations in Cutover Peatlands; The Influence of Permeable Mineral Lenses on Peatland Hydrology; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 184.Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands examines the role that northern peatlands play in regulating the atmospheric carbon budget. It summarizes current research in four interconnected areas: large-scale peatland dynamics and carbon cycling; plant and microbial dynamics and their effect on carbon fluxes to the atmosphere; methane accumulation in, and loss from, peatlands; and water and dissolved carbon fluxes through peatlands. The volume highlights includeA thorough assessment



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792046703321

Titolo

Rethinking law and development : the Chinese experience / / edited by Guanghua Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-66741-5

0-203-58310-8

1-299-31970-X

1-136-66734-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

343.5107

Soggetti

Law and economic development - China

Human rights - China - Economic aspects

Human rights - China

Rule of law - China - Economic aspects

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

A tale of two Chinese courts : economic development and contract enforcement / Xin He -- Economic institutions and firm behavior and performance in China : did institutions matter and how did they come into being? / Julan Du, Yi Lu and Zhigang Tao -- Contract enforcement in China : theory and evidence / Guanghua Yu -- What are property rights good for? Surprising lessons from the Chinese experience / Frank K. Upham -- From economic development to what -and why? China's evolving legal and political engagement with international human rights norms / Jacques deLisle -- The Arab spring and social justice in China : implications for institutional reforms / Randall Peerenboom -- Embedded social-legal activism in China : the case of Yirenping / Hualing Fu -- Economic development, environmental preservation and international policy learning in China : venturing beyond transnational legal process theory / Roda Mushkat -- China's aid and poverty reduction in Africa / Dan Banik.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the result of the collective effort of some of the foremost experts and scholars of Chinese law, Asian law, and Chinese economics



and carefully examines the relationship between law and China's economic development. Serious inquiries and candid opinions of the contributors have made for stimulating discussion and debate in many controversial areas. This book is likely to result in further research into factors affecting China's economic development, political change, and China's interaction with the international community.The book explores the development of the Chinese