1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789937703321

Autore

Perrucci Alissa C. <1970->

Titolo

Decision assessment and counseling in abortion care [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy and practice / / Alissa C. Perrucci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012

ISBN

0-8108-9511-0

1-280-65806-1

9786613634993

1-4422-1458-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

618.29

Soggetti

Abortion

Abortion counseling

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; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01. What Is Abortion Counseling?; Ch02. The Decision Assessment; Ch03. Decision Counseling for Emotional Conflict; Ch04. Decision Counseling for Spiritual Conflict; Ch05. Decision Counseling for Moral Conflict; Ch06. Decision Counseling for Ambivalence; Ch07. Understanding Informed Consent; Ch08. Decision Counseling for Positive Pregnancy Test Results; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book teaches an approach and framework for decision assessment and counseling for abortion and family planning care. Case examples, individual and group exercises, guided self-reflection, and values clarification build the reader's skills for working within a wide range of scenarios. The book is a complete manual for physicians, nurses, counselors, and social workers on how to work with decision conflict, ambivalence, and present pregnancy options.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953908703321

Titolo

Meteorites and asteroids : classification, geology, and exploration / / Akilina Dementieva and Danilo Ostrogorsky, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012

ISBN

1-61942-119-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Space science, exploration and policies series

Altri autori (Persone)

DementievaAkilina

OstrogorskyDanilo

Disciplina

523.5/1

Soggetti

Meteorites

Asteroids

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

""METEORITES AND ASTEROIDS ""; ""METEORITES AND ASTEROIDS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""METEORITES AND THEIR ASTEROIDAL PARENT BODIES""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""Meteorite Diversity and Classification ""; ""Classification of Chondrites ""; ""Classification of Nonchondritic Meteorites ""; ""Measuring and Interpreting Asteroid Spectra ""; ""Visible Analysis of Spectra ""; ""Visible/Near-Infrared Mineralogical Analysis of Spectra ""; ""Effects of Surface Properties on Asteroid Spectra""; ""METEORITES AND POSSIBLE PARENT BODIES ""; ""Ordinary Chondrites and the S-Type Asteroids ""

""HEDs and Asteroid 4-Vesta """"CM Chondrites and the C-Type Asteroids ""; ""Iron Meteorites and M-Type Asteroids""; ""Aubrites and E-Types""; ""Ureilites and F-Types ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL  AND CHANGES OF THE EARTHà‚€?S CLIMATE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF CONTINUOUS FLUX  OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL SUBSTANCE  ON ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES ""; ""POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF ASTEROID IMPACT  ON ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES ""; ""The Hallstatt Cycle and Taurid Stream ""

""Possible Climatic Consequences of Impact of a Stony Asteroid with a Diameter of 250 M """"CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THE DIVERSION AND EXPLOITATION OF ICE-RICH NEOS USING  THE SOLAR COLLECTOR  ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION: THE NEO THREAT,



THE NEO OPPORTUNITY  ""; ""THE SOLAR COLLECTOR (SC) ""; ""MODELING THE SOLAR COLLECTOR AS A NEO DEFLECTOR ""; ""DETERMINATION OF EM PENETRATION DEPTH FOR AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLE   ""; ""CONSTRAINTS ON SOLAR COLLECTOR DESIGN AND POSITION  ""; ""ASSUMED NEO PROPERTIES""; ""MINIMUM SOLAR COLLECTOR SIZE""

""SCENARIO 1: DIVERTING AN EARTH-THREATENING NEO """"SCENARIO 2: STEERING A SMALL NEO  INTO HIGH EARTH ORBIT ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""RADAR CHARACTERISTICS OF ASTEROID 33342 (1998 WT24)""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""RADAR DATA ANALYSIS ""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ASTEROID ""; ""RESULTS COMPARISON ""; ""SCATTERING PROPERTIES OF ASTEROID ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""ASTEROIDS DIMENSIONS AND THE TRUNCATED PARETO DISTRIBUTION""; ""Abstract""; ""1.Introduction""; ""2.StatisticalDistribution""; ""3.ApplicationtotheAsteroids""

""4.SimulatingParetoTails""""4.1.Accretion""; ""4.2.Fragmentation""; ""4.2.1.Fractaldistributionoffragmentssize""; ""5.Conclusions""; ""References""; ""HILDA ASTEROIDS IN THE JUPITER NEIBORHOOD""; ""Abstract""; ""1.Introduction""; ""2.HildaAsteroidGroup""; ""3.DynamicalEvolutionofHildaAsteroidsRemovedfromtheResonance""; ""4.RelationwithJFCs""; ""4.1.TheRelationwithQuasi-HildasandtheSL9Case""; ""5.ImpactCrateringontheGalileanSystem""; ""6.Conclusion""; ""References""; ""ASTEROIDS APOPHIS AND 1950 DA:  1000 YEARS ORBIT EVOLUTION  AND POSSIBLE USE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""

""2. PROBLEM STATEMENT ""

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the classification, geology and exploration of asteroids and meteorites. Topics discussed include meteorites and their asteroidal parent bodies; the diversion and exploitation of ice-rich NEOs using the solar collector; radar characteristics of asteroid 33342 (1998 WT24); asteroid dimensions and the truncated pareto distribution; Hilda asteroids in the Jupiter neighborhood; and asteroid Apophis and 1950 DA.