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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554210203321

Autore

Lacombe Matthew J.

Titolo

Firepower : how the NRA turned gun owners into a political force / / Matthew J. Lacombe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021]

�2021

ISBN

9780691207469

0691207461

0-691-20745-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 312 pages) : charts

Collana

Princeton studies in American politics. Historical, international, and comparative perspectives

Princeton scholarship online

Disciplina

363.330973

Soggetti

Gun control - United States

Firearms ownership - Political aspects - United States

Firearms owners - Political activity - United States

Pressure groups - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Explaining the NRA's power -- The political weaponization of gun owners : the NRA and gun ownership as social identity -- "America's first freedom" : the NRA's gun-centric political ideology -- Gun policy during the NRA's quasi-governmental phase -- The party-group alignment of the NRA and the GOP -- Gun policy during the NRA's partisan phase -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations - even despite widespread public support for stricter laws and the prevalence of mass shootings and gun-related deaths. 'Firepower' provides an unprecedented look at how this controversial organization built its political power and deploys it on behalf of its pro-gun agenda. Taking readers from the 1930s to the age of Donald Trump, Matthew Lacombe traces how the NRA's immense influence on national politics arises from its ability to shape the



political outlooks and actions of its followers. He draws on nearly a century of archival records and surveys to show how the organization has fashioned a distinct worldview around gun ownership and used it to mobilize its supporters.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141259903321

Titolo

Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Performance : Results of WHO Product Testing of RDTs: Round 1 (2008)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2009

ISBN

9789240687745

9240687742

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Collana

Documents for Sale

Altri autori (Persone)

UNAIDS

Disciplina

616.075

Soggetti

Malaria -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation

Malaria -- Microbiology

Plasmodium -- Testing

Epidemiologic Research Design

Statistics as Topic

Equipment and Supplies

Protozoan Infections

Indicators and Reagents

Mathematical Concepts

Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms

Phenomena and Processes

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment

Epidemiologic Methods

Laboratory Chemicals

Parasitic Diseases

Disease

Specialty Uses of Chemicals

Public Health

Quality of Health Care

Investigative Techniques

Environment and Public Health

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Chemical Actions and Uses

Delivery of Health Care



Chemicals and Drugs

Sensitivity and Specificity

Reagent Kits, Diagnostic

Malaria

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Infectious Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. EXECUTIVE; 2. BACKGROUND; 3. OBJECTIVES; 4. MATERIALS AND METHODS; 5. DATA MANAGEMENT; 6. QUALITY ASSURANCE; 7. ETHICAL CONSIDRATIONS; 8. DATA ANALYSIS; 9. LABORATORY VERSUS FIELD-BASED MALARIA RDT EVALUATIONS; 10. RESULTS; 11. HEAT STABILITY; 12. EASE OF USE DESCRIPTION; 13. DISCUSSION OF KEY FINDINGS; 14. ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ENSURE QUALITY AND UTILITY OF RDT TESTING; 15. CONCLUSIONS; 16. REFERENCES; ANNEXES

Sommario/riassunto

The largest-ever independent laboratory-based evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria has shown that some tests on the market perform exceptionally well in tropical temperatures and can detect even low parasite densities in blood samples while other tests were only able to detect the parasite at high parasite densities. This document reports on evaluations co-sponsored by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) WHO-based Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Testing was per