1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462350203321

Autore

Nierstrasz Chris

Titolo

In the shadow of the company [[electronic resource] ] : the Dutch East India Company and its servants in the period of its decline (1740-1796) / / by Chris Nierstrasz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, MA, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-60218-0

9786613914637

90-04-23583-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction ; ; 15

Disciplina

382.09492

Soggetti

Economic history

Power (Social sciences)

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

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Power and Trade -- India, the Fight for Dominance -- Ceylon, a Cinnamon Paradise in Jeopardy -- Monopoly and Private Trade -- Private Trade with Batavia -- Country Trade on the Coromandel Coast -- Profits and Fortunes -- Remuneration and Corruption -- Promotions and Patronage -- Dutch Decline and British Dominance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Is there any truth in the story that the morality of the servants of the Dutch East India Company in the eighteenth century was so rotten that one should believe the Dutch maxim ‘Vergaan Onder Corruptie’ – in translation something like ‘Succumbed to Corruption’ – and use this as an explanation for a very complex phenomenon? Chris Nierstrasz introduces us in his In the Shadow of the Company , to the realities of the decision makers and of the servants in the field. Responding to the changing realities in Asia, the Company could only try to use the mercantile potential of its higher echelons to postpone its downfall. In a situation in which the directors were not able to increase investment from Holland, the servants in Asia were forced to take up the challenge.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830351503321

Titolo

Hereditary tumors [[electronic resource] ] : from genes to clinical consequences / / edited by Heike Allgayer, Helga Rehder and Simone Fulda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2009

ISBN

1-282-11855-2

9786612118555

3-527-62752-9

3-527-62753-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (562 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AllgayerH <1969-> (Heike)

RehderHelga

FuldaSimone

Disciplina

616.994042

Soggetti

Tumors - Genetic aspects

Cancer - Genetic 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

Hereditary Tumors; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Part I Hereditary Tumors - General Aspects; 1 General Insights Into Tumor Invasion, Progression, and Metastasis; 2 The Genetic Background of Hereditary Tumor Diseases; Part II Syndromal Types of Hereditary Tumors; 3 Family Cancer Syndromes; 4 Genetic Dysmorphic Syndromes Leading to Tumorigenesis; Part III Site-Specific Aspects of Hereditary Tumors; 5 Hereditary Brain Tumors; 6 Neurofibromatosis; 7 Retinoblastoma: The Prototypic Hereditary Tumor; 8 Hereditary Cancer in the Head and Neck

9 Hereditary Medullary and Familial Non-Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma10 Lung Tumors; 11 Hereditary Breast Cancer; 12 Hereditary Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer; 13 Prostate Cancer; 14 Wilms and Rhabdoid Tumors of the Kidney; 15 Hereditary Renal Tumors of the Adult; 16 Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes; 17 Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC); 18 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs); 19 Hereditary Gastric Cancer; 20 Pancreatic Cancer; 21 Liver Tumors; 22 DNA-Repair



Deficiency and Cancer: Lessons from Lymphoma; 23 Familial Leukemias; 24 Malignant Melanoma

25 Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne Syndrome, Trichothiodystrophy - Defects in DNA Repair and Carcinogenesis26 Hereditary Tumors in Children; 27 Sarcomas and Bone Tumors in Adulthood; Part IV Genetic Counseling, Psycho-Oncology, and General Perspectives for Therapeutic Strategies; 28 Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Tumors; 29 Psycho-Oncologic Aspects of Hereditary Tumors and Predictive Testing; 30 Molecular Targeted Therapy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Summarizing molecular aspects, diagnostic as well as therapeutic issues, this book is the very first and most comprehensive on hereditary aspects of tumor diseases. All the contributors have been made fellows of the Ingrid zu Solms Foundation due to their outstanding achievements in scientific research, and they discuss here the latest aspects in the diagnosis, disease management, and treatment of hereditary tumor diseases and syndromes.A must-have ready reference for medical and biology students, MDs, PhDs, physicians, and researchers.