1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996202076803316

Titolo

The fetus and birth / / editors, Julie Knight, Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland

New York : , : Elsevier North-Holland, , 1977

ISBN

0-444-15255-5

1-280-78358-3

9786613693976

0-470-72029-8

0-470-71797-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 481 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 47

Disciplina

599/.01/6

Soggetti

Parturition

Fetus - Physiology

Obstetrical endocrinology

Labor (Obstetrics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on the Fetus and Birth held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 18-20th May, 1976"--Participants page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The Fetus and Birth; Contents; Introduction: a historical perspective; Parturition in the sheep; Discussion; Dilatation of the uterine cervix; Discussion; The fetal role in timing the initlation of parturition in the goat; Discussion; The role and regulation of corticotropin in the fetal sheep; Discussion; General discussion Ultrastructure of the sheep placenta; Endocrine relationships during late gestation and parturition in the cow; Discussion; Progesterone and oestrogen in pregnancy and parturition : comparative aspects and hierarchical control; Discussion

The 'see-saw' theory of parturition; Discussion; Fetal and maternal endo- crine changes during pregnancy and parturition in the rhesus monkey; Discussion; Endocrine regulation of fetal development and its relation to parturition in the rhesus monkey; Discussion; Endocrine and pharmacological factors which influence the onset of labour in rhesus monkeys; Discussion; The role of prostaglandins in parturition, with special reference to the rat; Discussion; Control of uterine contractility



via cyclic  AMP-dependent protein kinase; Discussion; Human decidua and uterine contractility; Discussion

The fetal hypothalamus and pituitary in the initiation of labour; Discussion; The influence of the fetal hypo- thalamus and pituitary on the onset and course of parturition; Discussion; Fetal cortisol and the initiation of labour in the human; Discussion; Human parturition; Discussion; Final discussion; Index of contributors; Subject index

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164861003321

Autore

Barrow Ian J.

Titolo

The East India Company, 1600/1858 : a short history with documents / / Ian Barrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, Indiana ; ; Cambridge, [England] : , : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-62466-598-5

1-62466-596-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Passages: Key Moments in History

Disciplina

382.0941/05

Soggetti

British - India - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments --  Chronology  -- Glossary  -- List of Maps  -- List of Illustrations  -- Introduction  -- CHAPTER ONE: The Seventeenth Century --  CHAPTER TWO: The Eighteenth Century --  CHAPTER THREE: The Nineteenth Century --  Conclusion --  Documents -- Select Bibliography --  Index

Sommario/riassunto

In existence for 258 years, the English East India Company ran a complex, highly integrated global trading network. It supplied the tea for the Boston Tea Party, the cotton textiles used to purchase slaves in Africa, and the opium for China's nineteenth-century addiction. In India it expanded from a few small coastal settlements to govern territories that far exceeded the British Isles in extent and population. It minted coins in its name, established law courts and prisons, and prosecuted wars with one of the world's largest armies. Over time, the Company



developed a pronounced and aggressive colonialism that laid the foundation for Britain's Eastern empire. A study of the Company, therefore, is a study of the rise of the modern world. In clear, engaging prose, Ian Barrow sets the rise and fall of the Company into political, economic, and cultural contexts and explains how and why the Company was transformed from a maritime trading entity into a territorial colonial state. Excerpts from eighteen primary documents illustrate the main themes and ideas discussed in the text. Maps, illustrations, a glossary, and a chronology are also included.