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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807666603321

Titolo

Fourth city : essays from the prison in America / / edited by Doran Larson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-62895-019-6

1-60917-397-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

365.973

Soggetti

Prisons - United States

Prisoners - United States

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; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The American Prison Writer as Witness; Part One. Life on the Streets of Prison City; The Life; Ticket In; Coping with Life in Prison City; Ticket In; Seeking Peace in Prison City; Ticket In; Family Life In and From Prison City; Ticket In; Part Two. The Rules of Law, Policy, and Practice in Prison City; Inside Justice and Injustice; Kite Out; Civic Dysfunction and Its Critics; Kite Out; Mental and Physical Health Care; Kite Out; Community Activists; Kite Out; Prison and Reentry Programs; Epilogue; Editor's Afterword; Glossary; Further Reading

Notes on ContributorsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

At 2.26 million, incarcerated Americans not only outnumber the nation's fourth-largest city, they make up a national constituency bound by a shared condition. Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America presents more than seventy essays from twenty-seven states, written by incarcerated Americans chronicling their experience inside. In essays as moving as they are eloquent, the authors speak out against a national prison complex that fails so badly at the task of rehabilitation that 60% of the 650,000 Americans released each year return to prison. These essays document the aut



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825365303321

Titolo

Data mining in drug discovery / / edited by Rémy D. Hoffmann, Arnaud Gohier, and Pavel Pospisil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-527-65600-6

3-527-65598-0

3-527-65601-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Methods and principles in medicinal chemistry ; ; vol. 57

Altri autori (Persone)

HoffmannRémy D

GohierArnaud

PospisilPavel

Disciplina

615.102856312

Soggetti

Drug development - Computer simulation

Data mining

Drugs - Research

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

part one. Data sources -- part two. Analysis and enrichment -- part three. Applications to polypharmacology -- part four. system biology approaches.

Sommario/riassunto

Written for drug developers rather than computer scientists, this monograph adopts a systematic approach to mining scientifi c data sources, covering all key steps in rational drug discovery, from compound screening to lead compound selection and personalized medicine. Clearly divided into four sections, the first part discusses the different data sources available, both commercial and non-commercial, while the next section looks at the role and value of data mining in drug discovery. The third part compares the most common applications and strategies for polypharmacology, where data mining