1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911098435903321

Titolo

Aging : mental aspects, social welfare and health / / Jim P. Heckles and Laura M. Bergin, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-61942-797-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Aging issues, health and financial alternatives

Altri autori (Persone)

HecklesJim P

BerginLaura M

Disciplina

362.61

Soggetti

Older people - Medical care

Older people - Services for

Aging - Health aspects

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

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE: VALPARAISO (CHILE) AS A CASE STUDY""; ""PRACTICAL HEALTHCARE INFORMATION, CREDIBILITY AND ETHICAL INTERNET PHARMACY OF N-ACETYLCARNOSINE DRUG DISCOVERY FOR SOCIAL WELFARE, HOME INTENSIVE VISION CARE AND QUALITY OF THE VITAL LIFE OF THE ELDERLY PATIENT""; ""ASSESSMENT OF THE AT-RISK OLDER DRIVER""; ""SOCIAL SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: AN ALTERNATIVE SERVICE STRUCTURE""; ""AGING, HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY""; ""RISK TRAJECTORIES OF LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY OF THE AGED INDIAN""

""MENTAL HEALTH OFCOMMUNITY-DWELLING FRAIL ELDERS RECEIVING LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG""""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the mental aspects, social welfare and health of the aging population. Topics discussed include assessing the quality of life of the elderly population; age-related ophthalmic disease; assessment of the at-risk older driver; social services for the elderly in Hong Kong; increased lifespan for people with intellectual disabilities and locomotor disability in the aged.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911104708203321

Autore

Ekert Paul

Titolo

Mastering Adobe Premier Pro CS6 Hotshot : take your video editing skills to new and exciting levels with eight fantastic projects / / Paul Ekert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, : Packt Pub., 2013

ISBN

9781299261570

1299261574

9781849694797

1849694796

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso en línea (284 p.)

Disciplina

006.6

006.696

Soggetti

Digital video

Video recording - Data processing

Motion pictures - Editing - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Cool projects that will push your skills to the limit"--Cover.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Project 1: Creating a Movie Montage - the Easy Way; Mission Briefing; Why Is It Awesome?; Streamlining Premiere Pro; Music markers matter; Subclips tame video clips; Final preparation; Creating a running order; Fine tuning the edit; Correct aspect ratios; Finishing touches; You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge; Project 2: Cutting a Short Film without Getting Stung; Mission Briefing; Creating a story; Three-point edits; Combining three- and four-point edits

Refining with the Trim toolCorrecting various problems; Making pictures sing; Adding a movie look; Mission Accomplished; You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge; Project 3: Protect the Innocent - Interview Edit Techniques; Mission Briefing; Getting the story right!; Extracting audio fat; Creating a J-cut (away); An L-cut and a UFO!; Reconstructing reconstructions; Bringing night to day; Adding



viewpoints; Protecting the innocent; Adding lower thirds; Mission Accomplished; You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge; Project 4: See the Bigger Picture - Edit Multiple Cameras

Mission BriefingOrganizing your media; Creating a multi-camera sync point; Activating multi-camera; Creating a multi-camera Timeline; Editing and tuning multi-camera clips; Creating insert clips (PiP); Finishing off; Mission Accomplished; You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge; Project 5: Visual Effects - Muzzle Flashes, Laser Beams, and Clones; Mission Briefing; Organizing your project media; Key in the alien robot; Creating an army of clones; Creating a laser beam of doom; Creating a lightning spectacular (freeze frame and lightning ball); Creating a muzzle flash; Adding sound effects

Adding various effects to polish the sceneMission Accomplished; You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge; Project 6: Visual FX Using Real Media; Mission Briefing; Organizing your media; Adding a new 3D object to your scene; Adding an explosive clip; Manually tracking the explosion; Adding heat glow and smoke; Adding muzzle flashes and laser beams; Creating an explosion tremor and flying figure effect; You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge; Project 7: The Ultimate Do-over - Correcting Visual and Audio Problems; Mission Briefing; Correcting white balance issues

Correcting color issuesCreating an isolated color effect; Using Rolling Shutter Repair for DSLR's; Using Warp Stabilizer as a virtual tripod; Improving audio quality of a sound track; Removing coughs and other disturbances; Trashing audio - altering the sound of a voice; Globally adding audio filters to your Timeline clips; Mission Accomplished; You Ready To Go Gung HO? A Hotshot Challenge; Project 8: Reach the World - Export to DVD, the Internet, and Beyond; Mission Briefing; Exporting audio for refined post work; Creating an animated GIF; Assembling multiple Timelines for final output

Adding markers and creating an Encore CS6 compatible export

Sommario/riassunto

Designed to be practical and engaging, Mastering Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 is a project-based book to help you truly augment your skills and become a film editing hotshot.If you're just starting out or even migrating from existing video editing software, then this book is for you. With rapid progression through practical examples constructed to be both engaging and useful, Mastering Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 is ideal for learning the sometimes complex workflows of this powerful application.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911117129203321

Autore

Yoon Won K. <1940->

Titolo

Asian tragedies in the Americas : Chinese, Japanese, and Korean stories / / Won K. Yoon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-7936-2854-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

326.20

970

980

Soggetti

Chinese - America - History - 19th century

Japanese - America - History - 19th century

Koreans - America - History - 19th century

History

America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Western Encounters and Encroachments in East Asia -- A Floating Hell in Devil's Throat -- The Coolie Mart and Bitter Sugar in Cuba -- A One-way Passage to a Peruvian Hell -- Paper Children: The Enticement of Gold Mountain -- Koreans in Thorny Henequen Fields in Yucatan -- A Korean Picture Marriage: The Lure of Hawaii -- Peruvian Japanese in U.S. Relocation Camps -- An Empire Never Defeated: The Japanese in Brazil -- Japanese War Brides Following G.I. Husbands

Sommario/riassunto

Asian Tragedies in the Americas: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Stories explores the stories of nineteenth-century East Asian migrants throughout the Americas, tracing the asymmetrical international conditions which shaped migrants' experiences. Won K.Yoon examines such phenomena as Chinese paper (fraudulent) wives and daughters, Korean picture marriages, and Japanese war brides, analyzing the impact of racism and colonialism on East Asian groups and family experiences in the West. --



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911145141103321

Autore

Hanson Paul E.

Titolo

Insects and Other Arthropods of Tropical America / Paul E. Hanson, Kenji Nishida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, , 2016

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021

©2016

ISBN

1-5017-0429-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 pages)

Collana

Zona Tropical Publications

Disciplina

595.7098

Soggetti

Insekten

Gliederfüßer

Insects

Arthropoda

Arthropoda - Tropics

Arthropoda - Latin America

Insects - Tropics

Insects - Latin America

Tropen

Tropics

Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Zona Tropical publication."--Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction To Arthropods -- Small Orders -- True Bugs And Their Kin -- Beetles -- Wasps, Bees, Ants -- Moths And Butterflies -- Flies And Their Kin -- Other Arthropods -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- Index About The Author And Photographer

Sommario/riassunto

"Describes the principal insect groups and other arthropods encountered in a tropical forest in the Americas, and is an introduction to the natural history of insects and other arthropods" ...