1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910639900503321

Titolo

Optical Coherence Tomography of the Anterior Segment / / edited by Ludwig M. Heindl, Sebastian Siebelmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-031-07730-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 239 p. 299 illus., 273 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

617.71545

Soggetti

Ophthalmology

Oftalmopaties

Tomografia de coherència òptica

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

History and future of anterior segment OCT -- Physical principles of anterior segment OCT -- Anatomy and traumatology of the anterior segment of the eye -- Conjunctiva and eyelids -- Degenerative diseases and deposits of the cornea -- Inflammatory corneal diseases -- Corneal Dystrophies -- Refractive and therapeutic corneal surgery -- Corneal Transplantations -- Anterior eye camber and chamber angle -- Iris -- Refractive lens surgery.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a highly illustrated, practical guide to anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) with numerous photographs and didactic information throughout. Clear and concise chapters outline the diagnostics of the anterior segment of the eye with clinical advice given to support ophthalmic surgeons with pre and intraoperative surgery planning as well as postoperative follow-up care. Optical Coherence Tomography of the Anterior Segment will be a useful resource for everyday practice to allow clinicians to grow their expertise in this patient-friendly and common diagnostic procedure. As the procedure continues to gain popularity, this book will be an indispensable resource for all levels of ophthalmologist who wish to improve their knowledge and techniques of anterior segment OCT. .



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954444603321

Autore

Stevens Alex

Titolo

Drugs, crime and public health : the political economy of drug policy / / Alex Stevens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-91819-1

1-282-91285-2

9786612912856

0-203-84416-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

362.29/1561

Soggetti

Drug abuse and crime

Drug abuse - Government policy

Drug abuse

Drug control

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Chapter 1 Starting points: Drugs, values and drug policy; Chapter 2 'Afflictions of inequality'?: The social distribution of drug use, dependence and related harms; Chapter 3 Beyond the tripartite framework: The subterranean structuration of the drug-crime link; Chapter 4 Telling policy stories: Governmental use of evidence and policy on drugs and crime; Chapter 5 The ideology of exclusion: Cases in English drug policy; Chapter 6 The effects of drug policy; Chapter 7 International perspectives: Does drug policy matter?

Chapter 8 Towards progressive decriminalizationEndnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent policy on illicit drugs. Using a comparative approach - centred on the UK, but with insights and complementary data gathered from the USA and other countries - it discusses theoretical perspectives and provides new empirical evidence which challenges prevalent ways of thinking about illicit drugs. It argues that



problematic drug use can only be understood in the social context in which it takes place, a context which it shares with other problems of crime and public health. The book demonstrates