1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463009903321

Autore

Byard Roger W.

Titolo

Sudden death in the young / / Roger W. Byard [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-139-81382-X

1-316-08728-X

1-139-85497-6

1-139-85525-5

1-139-85534-4

1-299-40004-3

1-139-85506-9

1-139-85516-6

0-511-77778-7

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 685 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

616.078

Soggetti

Sudden death

Sudden death in children

Sudden death in adolescence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Unintentional trauma -- section 3. Intentional trauma -- section 4. Natural disease -- section 5. Maternal, fetal, and neonatal conditions -- section 6. Sudden infant death syndrome.

Sommario/riassunto

Determining the cause of death in children and young adults can pose considerable challenges. Professor Byard provides for the first time a complete overview of pathological aspects of sudden death in the young, from before birth to middle adult life. Highly illustrated with more than 800 colour figures, this third edition contains new sections on sexual abuse, pregnancy-related deaths and rare natural diseases, as well as expanded coverage of unexpected death in young adults up to the age of 30 years. Chapters are organised by systems and cover all aspects of natural death, as well as accidents, suicides and homicides.



Supported by extensive referencing and numerous tables, the book can also be used as a practical autopsy manual. An encyclopaedic overview and analysis of sudden death in the young, this is a key text for pediatric and forensic pathologists, pediatricians, and lawyers and physicians involved in medicolegal cases.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788345003321

Autore

Joutz Frederick

Titolo

The Impact of Public Capital, Human Capital, and Knowledge on Aggregate Output / / Frederick Joutz, Yasser Abdih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

1-4623-1240-3

1-4527-7934-1

1-282-84169-6

1-4518-7076-0

9786612841699

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (50 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/218

Altri autori (Persone)

AbdihYasser

Disciplina

336.150973

Soggetti

Public investments - United States - Econometric models

Human capital - United States - Econometric models

Knowledge management - United States - Econometric models

Econometrics

Investments: Stocks

Labor

Macroeconomics

Production and Operations Management

Labor Economics: General

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions

Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

Time-Series Models

Dynamic Quantile Regressions

Dynamic Treatment Effect Models

Diffusion Processes

Human Capital

Skills



Occupational Choice

Labor Productivity

Macroeconomics: Production

Labour

income economics

Investment & securities

Econometrics & economic statistics

Stocks

Vector autoregression

Human capital

Productivity

Labor economics

Industrial productivity

United States

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction and Contribution; II. Literature Review; III. The Model; IV. Data; A. Output, Private Capital, and Public Capital; B. Skill-Adjusted Labor; C. The Knowledge Stock; V. Initial Data Analysis and Reduction of the System; A. Initial Plots and Integration Tests; B. VAR Model Specification and Estimation; C. Lag length selection of the VAR; D. Residual Diagnostics from the VAR Model; E. Recursive Analysis for Model Constancy and Stability; VI. Cointegration Analysis; A. Testing for Cointegration

B. Cointegration, Weak Exogeneity, and Testing Restrictions on the Production Function C. The Final Long run Aggregate Production Function; VII. Growth Accounting for the Postwar U.S. Economy; VIII. Concluding Remarks; References; Tables; 1. The Information Set:Data Series from 1948 to 2004; 2.A. ADF Tests for Variables in Levels, Constant and Trend Included; 2.B. ADF Tests for Variables in Levels, Constant Included; 3.A. ADF Tests for Variables in First Differences, Constant and Trend Included; 3.B. ADF Tests for Variables in First Differences, Constant Included

4.A. Lag Length Analysis: Seclected Statistics 4.B. Lag Length Analysis: F-Tests for Model Reduction; 5. Individual Equation and Vector Misspecification Tests for the VAR Model of the Production Function; 6. Cointegration Analysis with Johansen's Test; 7. Hypotheses Tests on the Cointegrating Relation; 8. Growth Accounting for the Postwar U.S. Economy; Figures; 1. The Variables in Natural Logarithms; 2. Recursive System Diagnostics for VAR(3) Model; 3. Recursive Likelihood Ratio Test Statistic for Final Restrictions on the Cointegrating Space

4. Output Deviations from the Long Run Aggregate Production Function with Final Restrictions on the Cointegrating Space Imposed

Sommario/riassunto

This paper investigates the impact of public capital on private sector output by testing and estimating an aggregate production function for the U.S. economy over the postwar period augmented to include the stock of public capital as an additional factor input. We use patent applications to proxy for knowledge/technology stocks and adjust



labor hours for changes in human capital or skill. Using Johansen's (1988 and 1991) multivariate cointegration analysis, we find a positive and significant long run effect of public capital, private capital, skilladjusted labor, and technology/ knowledge on private sector output. We find that public capital accounts for about half of the post-1973 productivity slowdown, but only plays a minor role in the partial recovery of labor productivity growth since the mid 1980s. The largest contribution to that (partial) recovery comes from the knowledge stock and human capital.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006622703321

Autore

Chiellini Emo

Titolo

Environmentally Compatible Food Packaging

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, : Elsevier Science, 2008

ISBN

1-84569-478-3

1-60119-650-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (591 p.)

Collana

Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition

Disciplina

664.00286

Soggetti

Biodegradable plastics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Environmentally compatible food packaging; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Preface; Dedication; Part I Biobased food packaging materials:new directions; 1 State-of-the-art biobased food packaging materials; 1.1 Introduction: biobased packaging, the food industry and the environment; 1.2 Classification of biobased food packaging materials; 1.3 Properties of biobased food packaging materials; 1.4 Assessing the biodegradability of biobased materials for food packaging; 1.5 Applications and challenges for biobased food packaging; 1.6 Future trends

1.7 Sources of further information and advice1.8 References; 2 Types, production and assessment of biobased food packaging materials; 2.1 Introduction: rationale and need for biobased food packaging; 2.2 The environmental impact of conventional food packaging; 2.3



Opportunities for renewable polymers; 2.4 Production of biobased food packaging materials; 2.5 Hybrid blends and composites; 2.6 New developments in the production of packaging from recycled lignocellulosic fiber and renewable materials; 2.7 Assessing the biodegradability of renewable materials in food packaging

2.8 Biodegradable packaging life cycle assessment2.9 Food safety concerns, applications and adoption by the industry; 2.10 Future trends; 2.11 Sources of further information and advice; 2.12 References; 3 Thermoplastic nanobiocomposites for rigid and flexible food packaging applications; 3.1 Introduction: plastic food packaging, sustainable materials and barrier properties; 3.2 'Barrier properties' limit the use of plastics in monolayer packaging; 3.3 Novel developments in barrier polymeric structures; 3.4 Polymer blends: the case of permeable fillers

3.5 Nanocomposites: the case of impermeable fillers3.6 Nanobiocomposites for monolayer packaging: polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxyalkanoate and starch; 3.7 Future trends and outlook; 3.8 Nomenclature; 3.9 References; 4 Improved fibre-based packaging for food applications; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Properties and uses of fibre-based food packaging; 4.3 Innovative methods to improve fibre-based packaging for food applications; 4.4 Suitability of new fibre-based packaging materials for food packaging

4.5 Assessing the biodegradability of new fibre-based packaging materials for food packaging4.6 Applications and future trends in the food industry; 4.7 Sources of further information and advice; 4.8 References; 5 Starch-based edible films; 5.1 General properties and structure of starch; 5.2 History of edible films; 5.3 Edible film materials and their previous applications; 5.4 Starch film-forming mechanisms - gelatinization and recrystallization; 5.5 Appearance and physical properties of starch films; 5.6 Plasticization of starch films; 5.7 Trends in starch research and applications

5.8 References

Sommario/riassunto

Food packaging performs an essential function, but packaging materials can have a negative impact on the environment. This collection reviews bio-based, biodegradable and recycled materials and their current and potential applications for food protection and preservation.The first part of the book looks at the latest advances in bio-based food packaging materials. Part two discusses the factors involved in choosing alternative packaging materials such as consumer preference, measuring the environmental performance of food packaging, eco-design, and the safety and quality of recycled ma