1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008028930403321

Autore

Silver, Frederick H.

Titolo

Biocompatibility : interactions of biological and implantable materials / by Frederick H. Silver, Charles Doillon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : VCH, 1989

ISBN

0-89573-317-X

Descrizione fisica

v. : ill. ; 25 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Doillon, Charles

Disciplina

617

Locazione

DINMP

Collocazione

P.002.030

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1.: Polymers



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464425803321

Titolo

Assessment of agent monitoring strategies for the Blue Grass and Pueblo chemical agent destruction pilot plants / / Committee on Assessment of Agent Monitoring Strategies for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-309-25986-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

358.34

Soggetti

Chemical weapons disposal - Kentucky

Chemical weapons disposal - Colorado

Chemical weapons disposal - United States - Safety measures

Chemical agents (Munitions) - United States - Safety measures

Hazardous wastes - United States - Safety measures

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 (pages 125-136).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- BGCAPP and PCAPP designs and relevant procedures used at destruction facilities -- Agent monitoring practices for waste generated at BGCAPP and PCAPP.

Sommario/riassunto

"January 2012 saw the completion of the U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Agency's (CMA's) task to destroy 90 percent of the nation's stockpile of chemical weapons. CMA completed destruction of the chemical agents and associated weapons deployed overseas, which were transported to Johnston Atoll, southwest of Hawaii, and demilitarized there. The remaining 10 percent of the nation's chemical weapons stockpile is stored at two continental U.S. depots, in Lexington, Kentucky, and Pueblo, Colorado. Their destruction has been assigned to a separate U.S. Army organization, the Assembled Chemical



Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) Element. ACWA is currently constructing the last two chemical weapons disposal facilities, the Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (denoted PCAPP and BGCAPP), with weapons destruction activities scheduled to start in 2015 and 2020, respectively. ACWA is charged with destroying the mustard agent stockpile at Pueblo and the nerve and mustard agent stockpile at Blue Grass without using the multiple incinerators and furnaces used at the five CMA demilitarization plants that dealt with assembled chemical weapons - munitions containing both chemical agents and explosive/propulsive components. The two ACWA demilitarization facilities are congressionally mandated to employ noncombustion-based chemical neutralization processes to destroy chemical agents."--Publisher's description.     In order to safely operate its disposal plants, CMA developed methods and procedures to monitor chemical agent contamination of both secondary waste materials and plant structural components. ACWA currently plans to adopt these methods and procedures for use at these facilities. The Assessment of Agent Monitoring Strategies for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants report also develops and describes a half-dozen scenarios involving prospective ACWA secondary waste characterization, process equipment maintenance and changeover activities, and closure agent decontamination challenges, where direct, real-time agent contamination measurements on surfaces or in porous bulk materials might allow more efficient and possibly safer operations if suitable analytical technology is available and affordable.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001300199707536

Autore

Strathern, Andrew

Titolo

The rope of Moka : big-men and cerimonial exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea / Andrew Strathern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1971

ISBN

052107987X

Descrizione fisica

XV, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Cambridge studies in social anthropology

Disciplina

995.3

Soggetti

Etnologia - Nuova Guinea

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910438131803321

Titolo

Screening for depression and other psychological problems in diabetes : a practical guide / / Cathy E. Lloyd,  Frans Pouwer, Norbert Hermanns, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013

ISBN

1-283-62172-X

9786613934178

0-85729-751-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LloydCathy E

PouwerFrans

HermannsNorbert

Disciplina

616.462

616.4620019

Soggetti

Diabetes - Psychological aspects

Depression, Mental - Diagnosis

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

1. Why and when should we screen for depression and other psychological problems? -- 2. Disentangling Clinical Depression from Diabetes-Specific Distress: Making Sense of the Mess We’ve Made -- 3. Key concepts in screening for depression in people with diabetes -- 4. Cultural applicability of screening tools for measuring symptoms of depression -- 5. Top Ten Screening Tools for measuring depression in people with diabetes -- 6. Measuring depression in children and young people -- 7. Screening for depression in older people -- 8. Screening for depression in people with diabetes in primary care -- 9. Screening in Secondary care -- 10. Measuring and assessing depression in people with diabetes: implications for clinical practice.

Sommario/riassunto

Current epidemiological evidence suggests that at least one third of people with diabetes suffer from clinically relevant depressive disorders which often go unrecognized and untreated.  Research also shows that people with depressive disorders have an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, the prognosis is poorer for either disease when they are co-morbid than when they occur separately. Co-morbid depression and diabetes has a huge impact on quality of life and diabetes management, and is an important public health problem.  While there are many screening instruments available to identify individuals who may have depression, selecting the most appropriate tool for use in a busy diabetes clinic or primary care setting may not be straightforward.   Screening for Depression and Other Psychological Problems in Diabetes: A Practical Guide provides an up-to-date overview of available instruments for screening for depression in diabetes. The book reviews the most commonly used screening tools and considers their utility in a range of settings and countries. Guidance on the practical use of each tool is also provided. Other psychological problems found to be common in people with diabetes as well as diabetes-specific emotional difficulties are also considered.   This book will appeal to a range of health care practitioners caring for people with diabetes, including diabetologists, general practitioners, practice nurses and diabetes specialist nurses. The issues considered here are applicable to all diabetes populations across the world and thus this book will appeal to a broad international readership as well as to researchers in the field of diabetes and mental health.