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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493680203321

Autore

Scanlon Paul D (Paul David)

Titolo

Hyatt's interpretation of pulmonary function tests : a practical guide / / Paul D. Scanlon, Robert E. Hyatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-9751-1435-3

Edizione

[Fifth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.240754

Soggetti

Pulmonary function tests

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Spirometry: dynamic lung volues -- Chapter 3. Static (absolout) lung volumes -- Chapter 4. Diffusing capacity of the lungs -- Chapter 5. Bronchodilators and bronchial challenge testing -- Chapter 6. Arterial blood gases -- Chapter 7. Other tests of lung mechanics: resistance and compliance -- Chapter 8. Distribution of ventilation -- Chapter 9. Maximal respiratory pressures -- Chapter 10. Preoperative pulmonary function testing -- Chapter 11. Simple tests of exercise capacity -- Chapter 12. Patterns in various diseases -- Chapter 13. When to test and what to order -- Chapter 14. Interpreting pulmonary function tests -- Chapter 15. Illustrative cases.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book provides a solid basis for administering and interpreting pulmonary function tests and offers valuable guidance for day-to-day clinical work, featuring chapters such as "When to Test and What to Order" and "Approaches to Interpreting Pulmonary Function Tests." Features a new section on the interpretation of complex tests, including the nonspecific pattern, mixed obstruction with restriction, and the complex restrictive pattern. Includes more than 40 illustrative cases for self-testing and reinforcing the principles discussed in the text, as well as clear illustrations that demonstrate dozens of PFT patterns. Contains expert "pearls" regarding performance and interpretation of key tests." -- Publisher.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821963003321

Autore

Wang Chang

Titolo

Inside China's legal system / / Chang Wang, Nathan H. Madson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, Cambridge, England ; ; New Delhi, India : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-85709-461-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (741 p.)

Collana

Chandos Asian Studies Series

Disciplina

306.6072

Soggetti

Asian Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright page; Dedication; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; About the authors; Introduction: justice with a Chinese face; A 'socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics'; Historical reforms in Chinese law; Comparing Chinese and American legal systems; American perspectives on Chinese law; Human rights commentary and the Chinese response; Questions raised by the Chinese legal system; Positive developments; This book; Part I: Historical views; 1: Philosophical underpinnings of the Chinese legal system

'The People's Republic'Anti-Rightist Movement, Great Leap Forward and Great Famine; Cultural Revolution; The trial of the Gang of Four; The case of Yu Luoke; The case of Zhang Zhixin; Tiananmen; Part II: The players; 3: The judiciary; Abstract; The party and the judiciary; Non-independent judiciary; Structure; Supreme People's Court; Are fayuan courts?; 'Judges'; Judicial examination; Judicial corruption; Procuratorates; Access to court information; 4: The police; Abstract; Definitions; Overview; Governing law; Re-education through labor; Maintaining stability or weiwen

'Guobao' and 'drinking tea'Internet police; Detention, torture and extrajudicial killings; Yang Jia case; Wen Qiang case; Wang Lijun case; 5: The lawyers; Abstract; Lawyers as a 'bad element'; History of the legal profession in China; Lawyers in the PRC; Legal education;



Regulating lawyers; New rules for the punishment of lawyers; 'They came for lawyers'; Lawyers, law professors and troublemakers: Zhang Sizhi, Jiang Ping, Pu Zhiqiang; Li Zhuang case; Part III: Case studies; 6: Civil laws and cases; Abstract; General principles of civil law; Selected civil laws; Commercial law; Civil procedure

Representative cases7: Criminal laws and criminal cases; Abstract; Criminal law; Criminal procedure; Criminal Procedure Law amendments; The case of Liu Xiaobo; Representative cases in criminal law; The CPC and criminal law; 8: The curious case of Ai Weiwei and administrative law; Abstract; Timeline; Procedure; The 'tax' case; Administrative law in China; Petition; Part IV: Conclusion; Afterword; Is constitutionalism incommensurable with Chinese socialism?; Important updates; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Constitution of the People's Republic of China; Preamble; Chapter I: General Principles

Chapter II: The Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens

Sommario/riassunto

China's legal system is vast and complex, and robust scholarship on the subject is difficult to obtain. Inside China's Legal System provides readers with a comprehensive look at the system including how it works in practice, theoretical and historical underpinnings, and how it might evolve. The first section of the book explains the Communist Party's utilitarian approach to law: rule by law. The second section discusses Confucian and Legalist views on morality, law and punishment, and the influence such traditional Chinese thinking has on contemporary Chinese law. The third section focuses on