1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459401303321

Titolo

Medical devices [[electronic resource] ] : managing the mismatch : an outcome of the priority medical devices project

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2010

ISBN

92-4-068566-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Medical instruments and apparatus

Biomedical engineering

Appropriate technology

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.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; Overview; Introduction; Medical devices; Public health needs; Priority Medical Devices project: methods used; Medical devices: problems and possible solutions; Towards appropriate medical devices:options for future research; References; Glossary; Annex 1; Annex 2; Annex 3

Sommario/riassunto

Choosing a medical device is complex and requires a transparent process based on reason, evidence and assessment of prioritized public health needs. Poor choices lead to inappropriate use or non-use of medical devices and a waste of resources.This report suggests how an agenda to improve access to appropriate medical devices could be devised from applying the crucial 4 components - Availability, Accessibility, Appropriateness, and Affordability, to the 15 global high-burden diseases and some cross-cutting issues. The results of this exercise suggest several areas of research necessary to help



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996362246803316

Titolo

Humanities and social sciences communications

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, United Kingdom : , : Springer Nature, , 2020-

ISSN

2662-9992

Descrizione fisica

Online resource

Classificazione

300

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Humanities

Social sciences

Humanities - Periodicals

Social Sciences - Periodicals

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964658203321

Autore

Boot Peter

Titolo

Mesotext : digitised emblems, modelled annotations and humanities scholarship / / Peter Boot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Pallas Publications, c2009

ISBN

1-003-69973-1

1-04-079254-5

1-282-59173-8

9786612591730

90-485-1175-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Mesotext

Disciplina

839.31

Soggetti

Books - History

Annotating, Book

Emblems - History

Bibliographical citations

Electronic publishing

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.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Part I. Context of this Study; 1. Introduction; 2. An Introduction to Emblem Studies; 3. Annotating the Digital Edition; Part II. Emblem Digitisation and the Emblem Project Utrecht; 4. A Model for Digital Emblem Editions; 5. Digital Editing and Text Modelling: The Case of the Emblem Project Utrecht; Part III. Digital Annotation Tools; 6. Digital Edition Annotation using EDITOR; 7. A Sane Approach to Annotation in the Digital Edition; 8. Decoding Emblem Semantics; 9. Creating a Metaphor Index; 10. Towards a TEI-Based Encoding Scheme for the Annotation of Parallel Texts

Part IV. Emblem Studies11. A Mirror to the Eyes of the Mind. Metaphor in Otto van Veen's Amoris Divini Emblemata (Antwerp1615); 12. Playing and Displaying Love. Theatricality in Otto van Veen's Amoris Divini Emblemata (Antwerp1615); Part V. Reflections; 13. Mesotext. Framing and Exploring Annotations; 14. Conclusion; Appendices; Samenvatting; Glossary - List of Abbreviations; Literature; Acknowledgements;



Curriculum Vitae

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses a number of approaches to annotation systems in the context of the study of emblems, the sixteenth and seventeenth century literary genre that joins an image, a motto and an often moralizing epigram.