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UNINA9910969826903321 |
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Titolo |
Heart disease in women / / Benjamin V. Lardner and Harrison R. Pennelton, editors |
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New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LardnerBenjamin V |
PenneltonHarrison R |
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Soggetti |
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Heart diseases in women |
Internal medicine |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cardiac rehabilitation : secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women / Richard Snow ... [et al.] -- Effects of estrogen and its receptors on myocardial infraction / Jiang Hong ... [et al.] -- Preeclampsia and risk of cardiovascular disease : epidemiology and pathophysiology / Giovanna Oggè, Simona Cardaropoli, Tullia Todros -- Diabetes and the risk of coronary heart disease among women / Gang Hu -- The impact of heart rate as a cardiovascular risk / Taku Inoue, Kunitoshi Iseki -- Women in a world of men's disease : the case of female cardiac patients / Michal Rassin -- Thromboembolism and coronary heart disease : in which aspects are women different? / Sigrid Nikol, Katharina Middendorf -- Aging women and coronary heart disease / Marek A. Kosmicki, Hanna Szwed -- Prognosis of women with acute coronary syndromes : an overview / Andreja Sinkovic -- The effects of aging on the electrophysiological properties of the atrial myocardium in women with and without paroxysmal atrial fibrillation / Osmar Antonio Centurión, Akihiko Shimizu, Shojiro Isomoto -- Women and angina pectoris : emergency department and diagnostic difficulties in an undeveloped community / Esed Omerkic, Fahir Barakovic. |
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Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 |
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seconds in the United States alone.Heart disease is synonymous with cardiac disease but not with cardiovascular disease which is any disease of the heart or blood vessels. Among the many types of heart disease are, for example: Angina; Arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Coronary artery disease (CAD); Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart attack (myocardial infarction); Heart failure; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Mitral regurgitation; Mitral valve prolapse; and Pulmonary stenosis. This new book brings together important recent research on heart disease with a focus on women and heart disease. |
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UNINA9910965593703321 |
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Autore |
Ledwidge Frank |
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Losing small wars : British military failure in Iraq and Afghanstan / / Frank Ledwidge |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
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1-283-27990-8 |
9786613279903 |
0-300-18022-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Participation, British |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - Baṣrah |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Participation, British |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Campaigns - Afghanistan - Helmand River Valley |
Strategic culture - Great Britain |
Great Britain Armed Forces Management |
Great Britain Military policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-298) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: 'Ridiculous Expectations' -- Chapter 2: 'Defeated, Pure and Simple' -- Chapter 3: 'Where's Helmand?' -- Chapter 4: 'A Bleeding |
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Ulcer' -- Chapter 5: Dereliction of Duty: The Generals and Strategy -- Chapter 6: Cracking On: British Military Culture and Doctrine -- Chapter 7: 'Tactics without Strategy?' The Counterinsurgency Conundrum -- Chapter 8: Doing No Harm? The Question of Force -- Chapter 9: Civvies -- Chapter 10: Bad Influences -- Chapter 11: Opening Networks -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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Partly on the strength of their apparent success in insurgencies such as Malaya and Northern Ireland, the British armed forces have long been perceived as world class, if not world beating. However, their recent performance in Iraq and Afghanistan is widely seen as-at best-disappointing; under British control Basra degenerated into a lawless city riven with internecine violence, while tactical mistakes and strategic incompetence in Helmand Province resulted in heavy civilian and military casualties and a climate of violence and insecurity. In both cases the British were eventually and humiliatingly bailed out by the US army.In this thoughtful and compellingly readable book, Frank Ledwidge examines the British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking how and why it went so wrong. With the aid of copious research, interviews with senior officers, and his own personal experiences, he looks in detail at the failures of strategic thinking and culture that led to defeat in Britain's latest "small wars." This is an eye-opening analysis of the causes of military failure, and its enormous costs. |
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