Managing currency crises in emerging markets / / edited by Michael P. Dooley and Jeffrey A. Frankel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964940503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2003
• ISBN: 9786611125493; 9781281125491; 1281125490; 9780226155425; 0226155420
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Collana: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
• Altri autori (Persone): DooleyMichael P <1944-> (Michael Patrick); FrankelJeffrey A
• Disciplina: 332.4/91724
• Soggetti: Currency question - Developing countries; Foreign exchange rates - Developing countries; Financial crises - Developing countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Proceedings of a conference held in Monterey, Calif., in March 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interest Rates and Exchange Rates in the Korean, Philippine, and Thai Exchange Rate Crises -- 2. Interest Rate Defense against Speculative Attack as a Signal: A Primer -- 3. Does It Pay to Defend against a Speculative Attack? -- 4. The International Lender of Last Resort: How Large Is Large Enough? -- 5. Rescue Packages and Output Losses Following Crises -- 6. Financial Restructuring in Banking and Corporate-Sector Crises: What Policies to Pursue? -- 7. On the Fiscal Implications of Twin Crises -- 8. An Evaluation of Proposals to Reform the International Financial Architecture -- 9. Recovery and Sustainability in East Asia -- 10. A Cure Worse Than the Disease? Currency Crises and the Output Costs of IMF-Supported Stabilization Programs -- 11. IMF and World Bank Structural Adjustment Programs and Poverty -- 12. Impacts of the Indonesian Economic Crisis: Price Changes and the Poor -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The management of financial crises in emerging markets is a vital and high-stakes challenge in an increasingly global economy. For this reason, it's also a highly contentious issue in today's public policy circles. In this book, leading economists-many of whom have also participated in policy debates on these issues-consider how best to reduce the frequency and cost of such crises. The contributions here explore the management process from the beginning of a crisis to the long-term effects of the techniques used to minimize it. The first three chapters focus on the earliest responses and the immediate defense of a currency under attack, exploring whether unnecessary damage to economies can be avoided by adopting the right response within the first few days of a financial crisis. Next, contributors examine the adjustment programs that follow, considering how to design these programs so that they shorten the recovery phase, encourage economic growth, and minimize the probability of future difficulties. Finally, the last four papers analyze the actual effects of adjustment programs, asking whether they accomplish what they are designed to do-and whether, as many critics assert, they impose disproportionate costs on the poorest members of society. Recent high-profile currency crises have proven not only how harmful they can be to neighboring economies and trading partners, but also how important policy responses can be in determining their duration and severity. Economists and policymakers will welcome the insightful evaluations in this important volume, and those of its companion, Sebastian Edwards and Jeffrey A. Frankel's Preventing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets.

Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / edited by Deepak M. Kalaskar, Peter E. Butler, Shadi Ghali

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910477180503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [S.l.] : , : UCL Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-910634-40-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (543 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GhaliShadi; ButlerP. E. M (Peter E. M.); KalaskarDeepak M
• Disciplina: 617.95
• Soggetti: Surgery, Plastic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 4.7. Tissue expansion in abdominal wall reconstruction4.7.1. Free flaps; 4.7.2. Combined free flap; 4.8. Abdominal wall transplant; References; Section 2: Cancer; 3 Skin Cancer for the Plastic Surgeon; 1. Introduction; 2. Basal cell carcinoma; 2.1. Diagnosis; 2.2. Histology; 2.3. Management; 2.3.1. Non-surgical management; 2.3.2. Surgical management; 2.4. Mohs micrographic surgery; 2.5. Follow-up; 3. Squamous cell carcinoma; 3.1. Clinical presentation and diagnosis; 3.2. Management; 3.2.1. Surgical management; 3.2.2. Non-surgical management; 3.3. Follow-up; 4. Malignant melanoma.; 4.1. Ventral abdominal wall hernia4.2. Component separation; 4.2.1. Patient selection and evaluation; 4.3. Mesh repair; 4.4. Endoscopically assisted component separation technique: minimally accessed surgery; 4.5. Staged abdominal reconstruction and planned hernia repair/temporary abdominal closure; 4.5.1. Enteric fistula; 4.6. Autologous flap for the abdominal wall: pedicled flaps; 4.6.1. Tensor fascia lata; 4.6.2. Rectus femoris; 4.6.3. Anterolateral thigh flap; 4.6.4. Omental flap; 4.6.5. Rectus abdominis muscle flaps; 4.6.6. Vastus lateralis; 4.6.7. Gracilis flap.; 8.1.2. Inosculation and capillary ingrowth8.2. Graft healing; 8.3. Graft contraction; 8.4. Graft reinnervation; 8.5. Overgrafting; 8.6. Graft failure; 9. Flaps; 9.1. Local flaps; 9.2. Flaps rotating about a pivot point; ; 9.3. Distant flaps; 9.3.1. Cutaneous flaps; 9.3.2. Perforator flaps; 9.3.3. Fasciocutaneous flaps; 9.3.4. Musculocutaneous flaps; 10. Conclusion; References; 2 Abdominal Wall Reconstruction; 1. Introduction; 2. Anatomy and zones; 2.1. Classification and aetiology; 2.2. Reconstructive options; 3. Defect approach and evaluation; 4. Surgical procedures.; 4.6.2. Negative-pressure wound therapy4.6.3. Growth factors; 4.6.4. Hyperbaric oxygen; 5. How to obtain a fine-line scar; 6. Reconstructive ladder; 7. Wound closure; 7.1. Suturing techniques; 7.1.1. Simple interrupted sutures; 7.1.2. Simple continuous suture (over-and-over); 7.1.3. Mattress sutures; 7.1.4. Subcuticular (intradermal) sutures; 7.1.5. Half-buried horizontal mattress sutures (corner stitch); 7.2. Other closure techniques; 7.2.1. Skin staples; 7.2.2. Skin tapes; 7.2.3. Skin adhesives; 8. Skin grafting; 8.1. Graft take; 8.1.1. Plasmatic imbibition.; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Section 1: General; 1 Principles of Plastic Surgery, Wound Healing, Skin Grafts and Flaps; 1. Introduction; 2. The skin; 2.1. Structure and function of the skin; 2.1.1. Epidermis; 2.1.2. Dermis; 2.1.3. Hypodermis; 2.1.4. Skin appendages; 3. Wound healing; 4. Wound management; 4.1. Debridement; 4.2. Infection and inflammation; 4.3. Moisture balance; 4.4. Edge of wound; 4.5. Complex wounds; 4.6. Adjuncts to wound healing; 4.6.1. Dressings.
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive textbook serves as an authoritative resource on the principles and practices of plastic surgery. Edited by experts Deepak M. Kalaskar, Peter E. Butler, and Shadi Ghali, it provides in-depth coverage of key topics including wound healing, skin grafts, cancer reconstruction, burns, trauma, pediatric plastic surgery, and aesthetic procedures. Divided into multiple sections, it addresses both fundamental techniques and advanced practices, such as craniofacial surgery, vascular anomalies, and body contouring. The book is designed for medical professionals, including surgeons and trainees, offering evidence-based information, diagrams, and clinical insights. It emphasizes safety, procedural accuracy, and the latest advancements in the field. Intended to support both learning and practice, this textbook is a vital reference for anyone engaged in or studying plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Geomorphology and plate tectonics / / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954234003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009
• ISBN: 1-61668-997-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FerrariDavid M; GuiseppiAntonio R
• Disciplina: 551.41
• Soggetti: Geomorphology; Landforms; Plate tectonics
• 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: Intro -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY: THEORY, LIMITATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. IN-SITU-PRODUCED COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION -- 3. SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MEASUREMENT -- 4. TRADITIONAL INTERPRETIVE MODELS -- 4.1. Single Nuclides -- 4.2. Multiple Nuclides -- 4.2.1. Ratio Diagrams for Nuclide Pairs -- 4.2.2. Solution Curves for Nuclide Pairs -- 4.3. Burial Age -- 5. UNCERTAINTIES, LIMITATIONS AND ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES -- 5.1. Nuclide Properties -- 5.1.1. Spatial Variation of Cosmogenic Nuclide Production Rates -- 5.1.2. Temporal Variations in Production Rates -- 5.1.3. Diffusive Loss -- 5.2. Geomorphic Conditions -- 5.2.1. Topographic Shielding and Surface Coverage -- 5.2.2. Inheritance and Complex Geo-History -- 5.2.3. Sediment Mixing -- 5.3. Measurement Error and Sample Preparation -- 5.4. Cost -- 6. OVERVIEW OF EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS -- 6.1. Glacial Geochronology and Geomorphology -- 6.2. Tectonic Geomorphology -- 6.3. Site-Specific Weathering, Erosion and Regolith Production -- 6.4. Watershed Scale Erosion -- 6.5. Depositional Landforms -- 6.6. Other Applications -- 7. FUTURE RESEARCH -- ; REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 FLOOD RISK AND LANDFORM OF CAMBODIAN MEKONG DELTA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA AND METHODOROLOGY -- 2.1. Data -- 2.2. Processing of Satellte Data for Flood Mapping -- 3. IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR FLOODING IN EACH SEASON -- 4.THE EFFECT OF LANDFORM UNITS FOR FLOODING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 WHY ARE ROCK GLACIERS MORE OR LESS PROMINENT IN HIGH MOUNTAINS? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREAS -- Vanoise Massif -- Chandi-Gorakh Himal -- METHODS -- Data Acquisition: Identification and Description of the Rock Glaciers.; Analysis of the Rock Glacier Occurrence -- RESULTS -- Rock Glaciers Main Characteristics and Spatial Prominence -- Occurrence Analysis -- Statistical Regularities in the Vanoise Massif -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Constitution of the Corrie-Based Database and Formulation of the Null Hypotheses -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Hypothesis Tests -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) -- GIS-Based Results in the Chandi-Gorakh Himal -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 ON SHAKY GROUND: ARCTIC COMMUNITIES IN UNEASY TRANSITION TO A NEW CLIMATIC ORDER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES -- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM THE MELTING ARCTIC OCEAN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 GEOMORPHIC ADJUSTMENT, GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT, AND DISTURBANCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT -- SOME PROBLEMS WITH QUANTITATIVE MODELS THAT LACK SUFFICIENT GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT -- QUALITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS AND DIMENSIONALITY -- THE DISTURBANCE GEOMORPHOLOGY CONCEPT AS A QUALITATIVE, DIMENSIONLESS MODEL -- CASE STUDIES -- SENSITIVITY OF LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES TO CHANGE -- CONCLUSION: RECONCILING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 EROSION AND SEDIMENT YIELD ESTIMATED BY GEOWEPP FOR CHECK DAM WATERSHEDS IN EPHEMERAL GULLIES (SOUTH-EAST SPAIN) -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- STUDY AREA -- METHODOLOGY -- Simulation with the WEPP Model -- Input Data -- Input Climatic Variables -- Topographical Variables (Slope) -- Edaphic Entry Variables.; Variables Related to Land Uses -- Output Variables for the Drainage Areas -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 MODELLING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS ON GULLY EROSION AND DRAINAGE BASIN EVOLUTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Analysis of Digital Elevation Models -- Model Description -- Model Calibration -- RESULT -- Model Simulations -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR SIBERIAN PLATE TECTONICS FROM RODINIA THROUGH PANGAEA TO EURASIA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SIBERIA IN RODINIA AND BREAK-UP PROCESS DURING NEOPROTEROZOIC -- 2.1. Brief Review -- 2.2. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Pre-Sayan Area -- 2.3. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Yenisey Ridge -- 2.4. Summary Data for Meso- to Neoproterozoic and Tectonic Reconstructions -- 3. VENDIAN TO CAMBRIAN ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRAME OF SIBERIA -- 3.1. Short ; Prelude -- 3.2. The Kuznetsk-Alatau Terranes -- 3.3. The West Sayan Terranes -- 3.4. The Gorny Altai Terrane -- 3.5. The Eravna Terrane Units -- 3.6. Discussion about Paleomagnetic Data and Tectonic Implication -- 4. LATE PALEOZOIC EURASIA ASSEMBLY AND TRAP MAGMATISM INTO SIBERIA -- 4.1. Late Paleozoic Tectonic Introduction -- 4.2. Late Paleozoic Kara - Siberia Collision and Global Paleozoic Reconstruction -- 4.3. Paleomagnetic Evidence from Siberian Large Igneous Province -- 5. MESOZOIC INTRAPLATE MOTIONS AND ITS REFLECTS IN THE EURASIA STRUCTURE -- 5.1. Brief Review -- 5.2. The Mongolo-Okhotsk Tectonic Province (Transbaikalia Region) -- 5.3. Implication of Trasbaikalia Paleomagnetic Evidence to Tectonic of Mongolo-Okhotsk Ocean Cloused -- 5.4. The Late Mesozoic Intraplate Magmatism of Minusa Depression (Central Asian Tectonic Province).; 5.5. Lena Region of Siberian Platform (Verkhoyansk Trough) and Summary of Mesozoic Tectonic and Paleomagnetic Evidence for Siberia -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 GEODYNAMICS OF INDIAN FREE-BOARD: ARCHEAN-PROTEROZOIC COLLISION ZONES AND UNDERLYING LITHOSPHERE AND ITS RAPID DRIFT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF GRAVITY FIELD -- 2. GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS -- 3. BOUGUER ANOMALY MAP OF INDIA -- 4.1. Cenozoic Tectonics in Northern Part -- 4.2. Archean-Proterozoic Collision Zones of Indian Shield -- (i) Aravalli-Delhi Fold Belt (ADFB, H3) and Western Rajasthan (H4): -- (ii) Satpura Fold Belt (SFB, H6 - H8) -- (iii) Godavari Proterozoic Basin (L7 and Adjoining Gravity Highs) -- (iv) Peninsular Shield (L8-L12 -- H11-H12) and Connection to Madagascar -- (v) Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT) (L13-L15 -- H13-H14) -- (vi) Eastern Ghat Fold Belts and Adjoining Proterozoic Basins (H15 - H17 -- -- L12 - L13) and Extension in Sri Lanka -- 5. LITHOSPHERE UNDER INDIAN CONTINENT -- 5.1. Spectrum of Bouguer Anomaly Map of India -- 5.2. Low Pass Filtered Regional Map and Modelling along Profiles -- 6. CHAMP-SATELLITE MAGNETIC MAP OVER INDIA AND TIBET -- 6.1. Spectral Analysis of CHAMP Satellite Magnetic Data -- 7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 7.1. Archean-Proterozoic Cratons and Fold Belts -- 7.2. Lithosphere under Indian Continent and its Rapid Drift -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 NATURE OF PERMIAN FAUNAS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: A KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF ALLOCHTHONOUS TERRANES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PREVIOUS WORK -- METHODS -- SCOPE OF PRESENT STUDY -- EARLY PERMIAN FUSULINIDS -- Early Permian Fusulinids of the Craton -- Texas -- Arizona-New Mexico -- California -- Nevada -- Canada -- Early Permian Fusulinids in the Terranes -- McCloud Belt -- Wrangellia Terrane.; Eastern Tethyan Terranes -- Relationships between Early Permian Fusulinid Faunas -- EARLY PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS -- Colonial Rugose Corals on the Craton -- Colonial Rugose Corals in the Terranes -- Relationships between Early Permian Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas -- INTERPRETATIONS OF EARLY PERMIAN FAUNAS -- Fusulinid Faunas -- Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas -- PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE EARLY PERMIAN -- Latitudinal Placement -- Longitudinal Placement -- FAUNAL CHANGES FROM EARLY TO MIDDLE PERMIAN -- MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN FUSULINIDS -- MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS -- PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE MIDDLE PERMIAN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH AFRICAN ATLASIC BELT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Main Geological Features -- High and Middle Atlas -- Saharan Atlas and Aurès Mounts -- Tunisian Atlas -- STRUCTURAL TRENDS IN THE ATLASIC BELT AND AFRICAN CRATON -- ; North-South Trends -- Béchar Suture -- Laghouat Trend -- Zibans High Zone -- Tébessa Trend -- Tunisian North-South Axis -- East-West to ENE to ESE Trends -- PALEOGEOGRAPHIC AND PALEOTECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE ATLASIC BASINS -- Triassic- Lias Rifting -- Middle to Late Jurassic Rifting -- Cretaceous Extensional Episodes (Aptian to Early Turonian) -- Early Aptian Rifting Episode -- Latest Albian Rifting Episode -- Latest Cenomanian to Early Turonian Rifting Episode -- Senonian Compressional Events -- Tertiary Folding -- PLATE KINEMATIC CONTROL ON THE ATLASIC DEFORMATIONS -- NEOTETHYS AND NORTH-EASTERN ATLASIC DOMAIN PALEOTECTONICS -- Overview of the Tunisian and Libyan Margin -- Pelagian Sea -- Sirte Basin -- Plate Tectonics and Neotethys Evolution -- Late Permian to Early Jurassic -- Cretaceous -- Tertiary -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.; Short Communication A 3D MORPHOLOGY OF PHASE MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS BY THE DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPY METHOD.
• Sommario/riassunto: Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them whereas plate tectonics specifically describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere. This book presents theory, methodology and applications, as well as studies of specific geographic regions.