1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461638203321

Titolo

Climate change adaptation : for health and social services / / editors, Rae Walker and Wendy Mason ; cover design by Karen de Heer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clayton South, [Victoria] : , : CSIRO Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4863-0253-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

616.988

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Health aspects

Environmental health

Medical climatology

Electronic books.

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Climate Change Adaptation for Health and Social Services; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: climate change adaptation in the health and social services sector; Part 1: Issues; Part 2: Vulnerable populations and appropriate adaptations; Part 3: Organisational adaptation; Appendix: climate change adaptation audit tool; Index; 1 Health and social impacts of climate change; 2 Adaptation: living with a changing environment; 3 Mitigation of climate change; 4 Communicating about climate change; 5 People with disability and their carers; 6 People who are elderly or have chronic conditions

7 Women and children8 Climate change: impact on country and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture; 9 Support for adaptation in culturally and linguistically diverse communities; 10 Rural communities experiencing climate change: a systems approach to adaptation; 11 Community-based health and social services: managing risks from climate change; 12 Engaging communities in climate change adaptation; Introduction; Climate change and global health; Main health and social effects of climate change in Australia; Climate change as an equity issue



Importance of multi-sectoral partnerships in strengthening health and wellbeingCase study: communities coming together to strengthen health and social outcomes in conditions of adversity; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Introduction; The adaptation challenge; Climate projections and uncertainty; Direct and indirect impacts; Vulnerability assessments; Issues of equity and fairness; Pathways to adaptation; Towards effective engagement; Drivers that promote adaptation; Barriers that hinder adaptation; Measuring success; Monitoring and evaluation; Learning from case studies

Case study: adapting coastal communities to sea-level riseCase study: adapting low-income households to extreme heat; Conclusion; References; Introduction; Carbon dioxide and fossil fuels; Language; Impacts of climate change; Floods; Fire; Emergency management; Mitigation and adaptation; Less energy and different energy; Energy auditing companies; Different energy; Social change; Examples of mitigation programs; The mitigation imperative; Endnote; References; Introduction; A variety of climate-related conversations; Climate change conversations can feel daunting - but don't have to be

Preparing for the conversationsFraming the message; Presenting information vividly; Conclusion; References; Introduction; Climate change and health risks; Definitions of disability; Population of people with disability and their carers; Issues for people with disability and their carers; social justice approach to climate change and disability; A functional approach to emergencies and disability; Reasons disability organisations are concerned about emergencies; Issues for people with disability in emergencies; Inclusive planning to meet functional needs; Key areas of action

Population movement

Sommario/riassunto

What we need to do in local communities to support and protect the people most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Australia.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388542603316

Autore

Gouge William <1578-1653.>

Titolo

The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme [[electronic resource] ] : Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible, at the great north doore of Pauls, 1632

Descrizione fisica

[16], 294, [10] p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Apparently intended to be issued with his "Workes", 1639, but not present in any known copy.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830265303321

Titolo

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Etienne Aliot, Michel Haïssaguerre, Warren M. Jackman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, 2008

ISBN

1-4443-5614-3

1-282-68347-0

9786612683473

1-4443-0018-0

1-4443-0019-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AliotEtienne

HaïssaguerreMichel

JackmanWarren M

Disciplina

616.128

616.1280076

617.4120592

Soggetti

Catheter ablation

Atrial fibrillation - Surgery

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

Anatomy of the left atrium relevant to atrial fibrillation ablation / J.A. Cabrera ... [et al.] -- Mechanisms and significance of fractionated electrograms recorded during atrial fibrillation / Natasja de Groot ... [et al.] -- Computer simulation studies of atrial fibrillation / Nathalie Virag ... [et al.] -- Experimental and theoretical insights into fundamental mechanisms of antiarrhythmic drug actions on atrial fibrillation : prospects for improved pharmacotherapy / S. Nattel --

Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation in animals and humans / Omer Berenfeld, Jérôme Kalifa, Jose Jalife -- Three dimensional images in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation / Hsuan-Ming Tsao, Mei-Han Wu, Shih Ann Chen -- Signal processing of fibrillatory electrograms / Jeffrey E. Olgin, Thomas H. Everett -- Emerging technologies in the treatment of atrial fibrillation / W. Davies, C. de Chillou --



Techniques targeting the pulmonary veins / Sabine Ernst ... [et al.] -- Techniques of linear lesion for atrial fibrillation ablation / Michel Haissaguerre ... [et al.] -- Ablation strategies in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation / Isabel Deisenhofer, Claus Schmitt -- Ablation strategies for chronic atrial fibrillation / George Klein ... [et al.] -- Diagnostic algorithm of atrial tachycardia following atrial fibrillation ablation / M. Haissaguerre ... [et al.] --

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure / Ibrahim Abu-Romeh, Mohammed Khan, Andrea Natale -- Morbidity and mortality of ablation versus drugs / Carlo Pappone, Vincenzo Santinelli -- Atrial mechanical function after atrial fibrillation ablation / Michel Haissaguerre ... [et al.] -- Surgery for atrial fibrillation : from scalpel to catheter ... and back? / Fiorenzo Gaita ... [et al.] -- Electrogram-guided approach to ablation of atrial fibrillation / David J. Wilber ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Edited by Etienne Aliot, MD, FESC, FACC, FHRS Chief of Cardiology, Hôpital Central, University of Nancy, FranceMichel Haïssaguerre, MD Chief of Electrophysiology, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, FranceWarren M. Jackman, MD Chief of Electrophysiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, USA In this text, internationally recognized authors explore and explain the advances in basic and clinical electrophysiology that have had the greatest impact on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (A