The economics of time and ignorance [[electronic resource] /] / Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr. and Mario J. Rizzo ; with a contribution by Roger W. Garrison and a new introduction

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779813103321
• Autore: O'Driscoll Gerald P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002
• ISBN: 1-134-80889-5; 1-280-18489-2; 0-203-00674-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Collana: Foundations of the market economy
• Altri autori (Persone): RizzoMario J; GarrisonRoger W
• Disciplina: 330.15/7
• Soggetti: Austrian school of economics; Time and economic reactions; Uncertainty
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell, 1985.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-257) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Economics of Time and Ignorance; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Time and Ignorance After Ten Years; 1 An Overview of Subjectivist Economics; Time and Ignorance; The Importance of Time and Ignorance; Keynesianism and the Austrian Contributions; Overview of the Rest of the Book; Part I Framework; 2 Static versus Dynamic Subjectivism; The Questions; The Method of Subjectivism; Dimensions of Subjectivism; Relationship between Static and Dynamic Subjectivism; Concluding Remarks; 3 Knowledge and Decisions; Subjectivism as Content: Knowledge; Subjectivism as Weighing of Alternatives Conclusion; 4 The Dynamic Conception of Time; Newtonian Time; Real Time; Real Time, Planning, and Action; Economic Processes and Uncertainty; Newtonian and Real Time: The Interrelation; Conclusion; 5 Uncertainty in Equilibrium; Genuine Uncertainty; Genuine Uncertainty: Typicality and Uniqueness; Equilibrium; Equilibrium and Optimality; Part II Applications; 6 Competition and Discovery; Introduction; The Discovery of ; Opportunities; Knowledge and Competition; Process Theories and Normative Economies; Dynamic Equilibrium; Rules versus Continuous Utility Maximization The Theory of the Firm; Appendix. Stochastic Equilibrium; 7 The Political Economy of Competition and Monopoly; Competition: Static and Dynamic; Uncertainty and Markets; Optimal Policy; Property Rights Theory of Monopoly; 8 A Subjectivist Theory of a Capital-using Economy; Introduction; The Development of Subjectivist Capital Theory: An Overview; The Mengerian Vision; The Structure of Production; The Rate of Interest in a Capital-using Economy; Variations in the Final Output of the Production Process; Time Preferences and the Structure of Production; Subjectivism Revisited9 The Microanalytics of Money; Introduction; Microanalysis of Money; The Origin of Money; Business Cycles; A Subjectivist Theory of Economic Fluctuations; Rational Expectations; Conclusion; 10 Some Unresolved Problems; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Economics of Time and Ignorance is one of the seminal works in modern Austrian economics. Its treatment of historical time and of uncertainty helped set the agenda for the remarkable revival of work in the Austrian tradition which has led to an ever wider interest in the once heretical ideas of Austrian economics. It is here reprinted with a substantial new introductory essay, outlining the major developments in the area since its original publication a decade ago.

Cardiac adaptations : molecular mechanisms / / Bohuslav Ostadal, Naranjan S. Dhalla, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910437825903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, 2013
• ISBN: 1-283-69721-1; 1-4614-5203-1
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Collana: Advances in biochemistry in health and disease ; ; v. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): OstadalBohuslav; DhallaNaranjan S
• Disciplina: 616.1/05
• Soggetti: Cardiovascular system - Physiology
• 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: pt. I. Developmental aspects of cardiac adaptation -- pt. II. Cardiac adaptations to overload -- pt. III. Molecular and cellular aspects of cardiac adaptations.
• Sommario/riassunto: The processes of adaptation and maladaptation play an important role in the pathogeny of serious cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, valvular diseases, congenital heart disease, myocardial infarction and different cardiomyopathies as well as during adaptation to exercise and high altitude hypoxia. This volume incorporates the rapidly developing basic and clinically relevant information on adaptive mechanisms, thereby contributing to the better understanding of possible prevention and therapy of life-threatening cardiovascular diseases. The first section of this volume focuses on developmental aspects of cardiac adaptation, including chapters on comparative and molecular aspects of cardiac development, prenatal and postnatal developments, coronary vascular development, and ontogenetic adaptation to hypoxia, as well as cardiac and arterial adaptation during aging. The second section is devoted to cardiac adaptations to overload on the heart, centered around the mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy due to pressure overload, volume overload, exercise, gender difference, high altitude, and different pathological situations. The third section of this volume highlights the roles of ; sympathetic nervous system with respect to α-adrenoceptor and β-adrenoceptor mechanisms in the development of cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiac Adaptations will be of great value to cardiovascular investigators, who will find this book highly useful in their cardiovascular studies for finding solutions in diverse pathological conditions; it will also appeal to students, fellows, scientists, and clinicians interested in cardiovascular abnormalities.