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UNINA9910701005803321 |
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Temporary extension cords and power connectors ahould not be used for permanent wiring [[electronic resource]] |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Office of Compliance, , [2010] |
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1 online resource (3 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations |
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Electric wiring - Safety measures |
Electric extension cords - Accidents - Prevention |
Work environment - United States - Safety measures |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"January 2010." |
Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 23, 2011). |
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UNINA9910780799103321 |
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Autore |
McLean Angela |
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Titolo |
SARS [[electronic resource] ] : A case study in emerging infections |
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Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005 |
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1-282-33527-8 |
9786612335273 |
0-19-152447-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (144 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SARS (Disease) -- Epidemiology |
SARS (Disease) |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- Epidemiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Contents; Contributors; List of Abbreviation; 1 Introduction; 2 Environmental and social influences on emerging infectious diseases: past, present, and future; 3 Evolutionary genetics and the emergence of SARS Coronavirus; 4 Influenza as a model system for studying the cross-species transfer and evolution of the SARS coronavirus; 5 Management and prevention of SARS in China; 6 Confronting SARS: a view from Hong Kong; 7 The aetiology of SARS: Koch's postulates fulfilled; 8 Laboratory diagnosis of SARS |
9 Animal origins of SARS Coronavirus: possible links with the international trade in small carnivores10 Epidemiology, transmission dynamics, and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic; 11 Dynamics of modern epidemics; 12 The International response to the outbreak of SARS, 2003; 13 The Experience of the 2003 SARS outbreak as a traumatic stress among frontline health-care workers in Toronto: lessons learned; 14 Informed consent and public health; 15 What have we learnt from SARS?; References; Index |
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The sudden appearance and rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002 served to alert the world to the fact that emerging infections are a global problem. Living in affluent societies |
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with well developed health care systems does not necessarily protect people from the dangers posed by life-threatening infections. The SARS epidemic tested global preparedness for dealing with a new infectious agent and raised important questions: how did we do, and what did we learn? This book uses the SARS outbreak as a case study to enumerate the generic issues that must be considered when |
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UNINA9910966804503321 |
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Autore |
Lalich Janja |
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Titolo |
Bounded choice : true believers and charismatic cults / / Janja Lalich |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
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0-520-93751-1 |
1-59734-509-1 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 329 pages) : illustrations |
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Cults - Psychology |
Brainwashing |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Cults and True Believers; part one: Heaven's Gate; part two: The Democratic Workers Party; part three: Theoretical Perspective; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Heaven's Gate, a secretive group of celibate ""monks"" awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide. As a way of understanding such perplexing events, many have seen those who join cults as needy, lost souls, unable to think for themselves. |
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