1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910535914903321

Autore

Brooks-Young Susan

Titolo

Critical technology issues for school leaders / / Susan Brooks-Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-5063-1837-1

1-4522-0972-3

1-4416-2835-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

371.33

Soggetti

Educational technology

School administrators

Electronic books.

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

Integration Issues for 21st-Century Teachers -- Information Literacy -- Visual Literacy: Taking Things at Face Value -- Library/Media Centers: Strategy for Improved Student Performance -- Don?t Limit the Value of the Library/Media Center  -- Implementing Your Vision: Professional Development Through Promoting Effective Technology Integration -- Provide Your Own Professional Development -- Establishing a Web Presence: What to Do Before Building a Classroom Website -- Set Out on a WebQuest -- Blogs in K-12 Education: Where?s the Fit? (article, TS?November 2004, 11 pages) -- Video Streaming: Harnessing a Unique Capability of Technology (article, TS?May 2005, 10.5 pages) -- Distance Learning in the K-12 Learning Environment -- Project-Based Learning: Technology Makes It Realistic! -- Managing Total Cost of Ownership Issues --  Tech-Ready Facilities -- Software and Networks: The New Challenges -- The Evolving Role of the Technology Coordinator -- What to Do When Things Aren?t Working -- Teachers, Students, and Technology Use: Some Cautions --  Copyright and Technology Use in the Classroom -- Monitoring Student Internet Use: It?s More Than Filtering -- Spreading the Word Quickly: Technology-Based Home/School Communication -- Assistive Technologies: Meeting



the Needs of Students With Physical Disabilities -- Sitting Pretty? The Ergonomics of Computer Workstations.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019632903321

Titolo

Chemical warfare agents : toxicology and treatment / / editors,Timothy C. Marrs, Robert L. Maynard, Frederick R. Sidell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2007

ISBN

9786610839087

9781280839085

1280839082

9780470060032

0470060034

9780470060025

0470060026

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (752 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarrsTimothy C

MaynardRobert L

SidellFrederick R

Disciplina

358.3

615.9

Soggetti

Chemical agents (Munitions) - Toxicology

Antidotes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Chemical warfare agents / Timothy C. Marrs, Robert L. Maynard, Frederick R. Sidell. c1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chemical Warfare Agents Toxicology and Treatment; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Opinions of Chemical Warfare; 2 The Physicochemical Properties and General Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents; 3 Dispersion and Modelling of the Spread of Chemical Warfare Agents; 4 The Fate of Chemical Warfare Agents in the Environment; 5 Biological Markers of Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents; 6 Respiratory Protection; 7 Responding to Chemical Terrorism: Operational Planning and Decontamination; 8 Toxicology of Organophosphate Nerve Agents



9 A History of Human Studies with Nerve Agents by the UK and USA10 Nerve Agents: Low-Dose Effects; 11 Managing Civilian Casualties Affected by Nerve Agents; 12 The Management of Casualties Following Toxic Agent Release: The Approach Adopted in France; 13 The Dark Morning: The Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack; 14 Atropine and Other Anticholinergic Drugs; 15 Oximes; 16 The Use of Benzodiazepines in Organophosphorus Nerve Agent Intoxication; 17 Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Poisoning; 18 Gulf War Syndrome; 19 Mustard Gas; 20 Dermal Aspects of Chemical Warfare

21 Sulphur Mustard Injuries of the Skin: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management of Chemical Burns22 The Normal Bone Marrow and Management of Toxin-Induced Stem Cell Failure; 23 Organic Arsenicals; 24 Phosgene; 25 Cyanides: Chemical Warfare Agents and Potential Terrorist Threats; 26 Riot Control Agents in Military Operations, Civil Disturbance Control and Potential Terrorist Activities, with Particular Reference to Peripheral Chemosensory Irritants; 27 Ricin and Abrin Poisoning; 28 The Total Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

29 An A-Z of Compounds of Interest in Relation to Chemical Warfare and Other Malevolent Uses of PoisonsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Chemical Warfare Agents, Second Edition has been totally revised since the successful first edition and expanded to about three times the length, with many new chapters and much more in-depth consideration of all the topics. The chapters have been written by distinguished international experts in various aspects of chemical warfare agents and edited by an experienced team to produce a clear review of the field. The book now contains a wealth of material on the mechanisms of action of the major chemical warfare agents, including the nerve agent cyclosarin, formally considered to