Peripheral neurology [[electronic resource] ] : case studies / / Jay Allan Liveson ; illustrations by Hugh Thomas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782329503321
• Autore: Liveson Jay Allan <1937->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-770827-7; 1-280-83435-8; 9786610834358; 0-19-803099-1
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (525 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8047545
• Soggetti: Neurology; Electrodiagnosis; Nerves, Peripheral - Diseases - 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: Contents; I. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; 1. Interpretation of Electrodiagnostic Data; 2. Diffuse Processes; 3. Localized Processes; II. CASE STUDIES; 1 Bilateral lateral hand numbness; 2 Horner's sign and medial arm numbness; 3 Radiating foot pain; 4 Crush injury of thigh; 5 Caveat doctor!; 6 Serendipity; 7 Sudden thigh pain on coumadin; 8 Radiating shoulder pain; 9 ""Split"" finger findings; 10 Facial weakness and repair; 11 Proximal weakness and diplopia; 12 Wrist drop; 13 Foot drop; 14 Leg weakness and twitching; 15 Shoulder dislocation and weakness; 16 Abnormal pinch; 17 Radiating pain and knee jerk decrease18 Gunshot wound to neck; 19 Proximal weakness and ache in sixth decade; 20 Caveat again!; 21 Wrist weakness with deviation; 22 Foot drop after arthroplasty; 23 Tunnel and more; 24 Recurrent weakness and numbness; 25 Saddle numbness; 26 Painless scapular atrophy; 27 Radiating thigh pain and numbness; 28 Calcaneal fracture and foot numbness; 29 Thumb numbness and distal weakness; 30 Progressive diplopia in a 21-year-old; 31 Asymmetric leg weakness and diabetes; 32 Rapid proximal weakness in a 10-year-old; 33 Mees' lines and distal numbness; 34 Sacral growth and incontinence35 Scapular winging increased on flexion; 36 Difficulty relaxing grip and ptosis; 37 Arm symptoms aggravated by Valsalva; 38 Cramps and fasciculations; 39 Postlaminectory recurrence of pain; 40 Intrinsic weakness related to stapling; 41 Multiple pelvic fractures; 42 Antecubital shunt and hand weakness; 43 Weakness, dry mouth, areflexia; 44 Focal fasciculations in a physician; 45 Crutches and a wrist drop; 46 Painful eruption and weak hip; 47 Positive ""dropped arm test,""; 48 Scapular winging after neck tumor excision; 49 Slow progression of proximal weakness; 50 Quadrilateral space lesion51 Myokymia and fasciculations; 52 Slow evolution of proximal weakness; 53 Thoracic outlet syndrome ""recurrence,""; 54 Foot drop after walking; 55 Weak pinch and pronation; 56 Gluteal injection and radiating pain; 57 Clavicular fracture and weakness; 58 Abdominal pain with no abdominal pathology; 59 Diabetes with asymmetric weakness; 60 Handcuffs and numbness; 61 Shoulder pain and weakness; 62 Difficulty standing in a 30-month-old girl; 63 Hemiatrophy of the tongue; 64 Arm weakness after breech delivery; 65 Floppy 3-month-old boy; 66 Gunshot wound of leg; 67 Fractured ankle bone and focal atrophy68 Exacerbating, remitting weakness, and ataxia; 69 Arm weakness postthoracotomy; 70 Ear pain, hoarseness, and facial weakness; 71 Knee fracture with puzzling findings; 72 Difficulty relaxing grip; 73 Burn victim with flaccid quadriplegia; 74 Charlie Chaplin gait and ataxia; 75 HIV and progressing weakness; 76 Progressive arm weakness with old polio; 77 Transient dysphagia; 78 Radiating pain and Pott's disease; 79 Mixed upper and lower motor neuron problem; 80 Fracture of C[sub(1)]-C[sub(2)] complications; 81 Vertebral collapse and proximal weakness; 82 Proximal weakness and frequent pneumonia
• Sommario/riassunto: The first edition of ""Peripheral Neurology"" made innovative use of case presentations as a vehicle for teaching peripheral neurology and categorized the field of peripheral neurology. This edition addresses topics first according to fundamental concepts, and then through case studies.

The social context of violent behaviour : a social anthropological study in an Israeli immigrant town / / Emanuel Marx

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954662403321
• Autore: Marx Emanuel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-136-54172-1; 1-136-54165-9; 1-315-01769-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ; ; IX
• Disciplina: 303.6/095694
• Soggetti: Violence - Israel; New towns - Israel; Jews, Moroccan - Israel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1976.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Cases; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Definitions of Violence; 3 The Setting: Dependence on Bureaucrats; 4 Coercive Violence; 5 Appealing Violence; 6 Private Violent Appeals; 7 A Theory of Individual Violence; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 1976.<BR> Violent behaviour occurs in every society. It grows out of the social order and can therefore be understood only in a social context. This book examines an orderly and relatively tranquil society, a small Israeli town settled by new immigrants, which is run by public agencies who pour in their resources to maintain the inhabitants. Circumstances have made the town an egalitarian society, but also limit its members' economic opportunities. This society has produced its special combinations of violent behaviour. The analysis extensively employs the 'case method' whic