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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465338603321

Autore

Reynolds Andrew

Titolo

The Spanish American Crónica Modernista, Temporality and Material Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Modernismo's Unstoppable Presses

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Bucknell University Press, 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory

Disciplina

860.9/355

860.9355

Soggetti

Literature publishing -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century

Little magazines -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century

Material culture in literature

Modernism (Literature) -- Latin America -- History

Spanish American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Spanish American literature -- Periodicals -- History -- 20th century

Spanish periodicals -- History -- 20th century

Spanish American literature - History and criticism - 20th century - Latin America

Spanish American literature - Periodicals - History - 20th century - Latin America

Literature publishing - History - 20th century - Latin America

Little magazines - History - 20th Century

Spanish periodicals - History - 20th century

Modernism (Literature) - History

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Spanish Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One: Journalism as Literary Practice during Modernismo; Chapter Two: "Possession of the Infinite"; Chapter Three: "Circulation and Vitality";



Chapter Four: "The House of Ideas"; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Modernismo's Unstoppable Presses, a treatise on Spanish American literary journalism at the turn of the twentieth century, explores how writers from the modernista literary movement negotiated, through expansive newspaper and periodical production, the experience of modernity. Providing extensive contextual information on the intersection of literature, advertising and visual cultures, expanding readerships and book history, Modernismo's U

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144130703321

Autore

Kerr Morag G

Titolo

Veterinary laboratory medicine [[electronic resource] ] : clinical biochemistry and haematology / / Morag G. Kerr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002

ISBN

1-281-31972-4

9786611319724

0-470-69024-0

0-470-77995-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Disciplina

636.089

636.08960756

Soggetti

Veterinary clinical pathology

Veterinary clinical biochemistry

Veterinary hematology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I: Haematology; 1 The Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes); 2 The Platelets (Thrombocytes) and the Coagulation Factors; 3 The White Blood Cells (Leucocytes); Part II: Clinical Biochemistry; Introduction to Clinical Biochemistry; 4 The Plasma Proteins; 5 The Electrolytes; 6 The Minerals; 7 The Nitrogenous



Substances; 8 Carbohydrate Metabolism; 9 Bilirubin and Fat Metabolism; 10 Clinical Enzymology - Plasma Enzymes in Diagnosis; I I Diagnostic Endocrinology; 12 Non-blood Body Fluids; 13 Feline Virus Testing; Part III: Systematic Investigation

14 Investigation on an Individual Organ Basis15 Diagnostic Profiling and Pattern Recognition; Part IV: Practical Laboratory Medicine; 16 Sample Collection and Use of External Laboratories; 17 Side-room Testing in the Veterinary Practice; 18 The 'Practice Laboratory'; Suggested Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Veterinary Laboratory Medicine covers all aspects of basic clinical biochemistry and haematology, and includes test-by-test interpretation of laboratory results. Information is provided on sampling techniques, the selection and use of an external laboratory, as well as near-patient testing and the practice laboratory. Also included are step-by-step instructions for most commonly used point-of-care tests, a guide to the evaluation of instruments for in-practice use, and a detailed explanation of the principles of impedance counting and photometric analysis. The book will be ideal for pra

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830301603321

Autore

Susser Ida

Titolo

AIDS, Sex, and Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

1-282-11605-3

9786612116056

1-4443-0616-2

1-4443-0617-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

326.196979200820968

362.196/979200968

362.196979200820968

362.196979200968

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects - Africa, Southern

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control

Women's Health

Preventive Health Services

Gender Identify

Socioeconomic Factors

Sexual Behavior



Africa South of the Sahara

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Preface - Southern Africa: A Personal Geography, History, and Politics; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Global, Inequality, Women, and HIV/AIDS; 1: The Culture of Science and the Feminization of HIV/AIDS; 2: Imperial Moralities and Grassroots Realities; 3: The Transition to a New South Africa: Hope, Science, and Democracy; 4: Of Nevirapine and African Potatoes: Shifts in Public Discourse; 5: The Difference in Pain: Infected and Affected; 6: Contested Sexualities; 7: Public Spaces of Women's Autonomy: Health Activism; 8: "Where Are Our Condoms?" - Namibia

9: Ju/'hoansi Women in the Age of HIV: An Exceptional Case10: Changing Times, Changing Strategies: Women Leaders Among the Ju; 11: "The Power of Practical Thinking" - The Role of Organic Intellectuals; 12: Conclusions: Neoliberalism, Gender, and Resistance; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the author's own extensive ethnographic research.based on the author's own story growing up in South Africa looks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS prevention programs discussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswana includes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own fa