1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788301903321

Autore

Moeschen Sheila C

Titolo

Acts of conspicuous compassion : performance culture and American charity practices / / Sheila C. Moeschen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2013]

ISBN

0-472-02927-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

792.0973

Soggetti

Theater and society - United States - History

Charity in literature

People with disabilities in literature

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 (p. 183-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dramatizing distress: sentimental culture, melodrama, and nineteenth-century reform for the deaf/dumb and blind -- Spectacular benevolence: theatricalizing the war on polio with the national foundation for infantile paralysis (NFIP), 1934-1945 -- Wheelchairs and one-liners: televising need in the charity telethon -- Acts of conspicuous compassion: charity in the reality TV era: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787561603321

Titolo

Treatise on ocular drug delivery / / editor, Ashim K. Mitra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates ; ; Oak Park, Illinois : , : Bentham Science Publishers, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-60805-175-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MitraAshim K. <1954->

Disciplina

617.7

617.7061

Soggetti

Drug delivery systems

Eye - Diseases - Treatment

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

Cover; Title; EUL; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Chapter 09; Chapter 10; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph covers a range of topics on ocular pharmacology, such as the biochemical background of specific eye diseases, challenges for ocular drug delivery, the role of influx and efflux transporters, novel drug delivery systems, pharmacokinetics, regulatory aspects, and patenting opportunities for researchers.