1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213074003316

Autore

Devine Laura

Titolo

Key techniques for employing overseas nationals : practical implications of the work permit scheme / / Laura Devine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Thorogood, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

1-85418-548-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Collana

A Hawksmere Report

Disciplina

342.41082

Soggetti

Foreign workers - Great Britain

Employers' liability - Great Britain

Noncitizens - Certification - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The author; Preface and acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Employers' obligations in staff selection; Chapter 2: The development of immigration control in the UK; Chapter 3: The history and background to the work permit scheme; Chapter 4: The operation of the main scheme work permit; Chapter 5: Work permits for the hotel and catering industry; Chapter 6: Work permits for entertainers and sportspersons; Chapter 7: The training and work experience scheme (TWES); Chapter 8: Current trends in work permits issued; Chapter 9: Settlement for work permit holders and their families

Chapter 10: European free movementChapter 11: Business visitors; Chapter 12: Other types of entry for employment and business purposes; Chapter 13: Families of persons with work permits; Chapter 14: Appeals; Chapter 15: Good HR practice; GLOSSARY; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The aim is to assist HR managers, solicitors etc to understand the work permit scheme.  Chapters include: obligations in staff selection; the operation of the main scheme work permit; permits for the hotel and catering industry; entertainers, current trends; appeals.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790704803321

Titolo

Beyond the book : transforming children's literature / / edited by Bridget Carrington and Jennifer Harding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

ISBN

1-4438-5541-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarringtonBridget

HardingJennifer

Disciplina

809.89282

Soggetti

Children's literature - History and criticism

Children - Books and reading

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; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF PLATES; INTRODUCTION; BEFORE THE BOOK?MANUSCRIPT, HOUSEHOLD READING AND THE ORIGINS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE; A MONSTER CALLS; 'LOTS OF SUDDEN LIES'; POP UP; CHARTING THE JOURNAL OF A CIRCUS-THEATRE COLLABORATION INSPIRED BY SHAUN TAN'S THE ARRIVAL; EIGHT BOOKS IS NEVER ENOUGH; DIGITAL DEVELOPMENTS; JUST A FIGMENT?ONLINE PARTICIPATORY WRITING COMMUNITIES AND THE FUTURE OF THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL; THE DRESS OF THE BOOK; VIRTUAL WORLDS AND NEW LITERARY INTERACTIONS IN SALMAN RUSHDIE'S LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE; THE BLANK PAGE; POP-UPS

CHILDREN'S MOVABLES AND THE THREAT OF THE MECHANICAL BOOK REIMAGINING THE FORM OF THE BOOK; WALKING WITH WOLVES; THE IMPACT OF E-BOOKS ON YOUNG CHILDREN'S READING HABITS; BEYOND THE 'GROWN-UP CHILD'; 'SECOND TO THE RIGHT AND STRAIGHT ON TILL GALLIFREY'; ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE; WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?; NON-VERBAL CHILDREN AND 'LITERACY'; PLANETA TANGERINA; GREEK CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE; BIOGRAPHIES OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

November 2012 saw the joint annual conference of the British branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY UK) and the MA course at the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature (NCRCL) at Roehampton University. The theme of the conference was



the investigation of aspects of literature for children that were 'Beyond the Book'. From woodcuts to e-books, children's literature has always lent itself to reinterpretation and expansion. In its early days, this was a...

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817246503321

Titolo

Digital mammography : a practical approach / / edited by Gary J. Whitman, Tamara Miner Haygood [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23324-0

1-139-85357-0

1-139-04933-X

1-139-84448-2

1-139-84212-9

1-139-84561-6

1-139-83974-8

1-283-74657-3

1-139-84093-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

618.1/907572

Soggetti

Breast - Radiography

Breast - Imaging

Breast - Cancer - Diagnosis

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

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1  Detectors for digital mammography; Introduction; Image quality metrics; Indirect conversion with prompt readout; Scintillator; Photodetector; Direct conversion; Digital cassette mammography; Photon-counting mammography; Current status and future trends; Acknowledgments; Disclosures; Chapter 2  Image acquisition;



Introduction; Physics of digital mammography; Image acquisition; Digital detectors; Film-screen versus digital mammography; Final thoughts; Chapter 3  Preparing digital mammography images for interpretation; Introduction

Image processing in digital mammography Intensity windowing; Unsharp masking; Peripheral equalization; Contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization; Digital mammography soft-copy and hard-copy display; Soft-copy hanging protocols and image annotation; Chapter 4  Image display and visualization in digital mammography; Introduction; Image display workstations for digital mammography; Monitors used in digital mammography; Classification and quality standards for monitors in digital mammography; QC and QA for image display devices in PACS; Chapter 5  PACS, storage, and archiving; Introduction

Languages and communication Health Level 7 (HL7); Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM); Hardware; Network infrastructure; Storage infrastructure; Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks (RAID); Storage tiers; The archiving and backup process; Parameters that play a significant role in image archival/retrieval; Image size; Processed versus raw images; Growth and new technology; Data compression; Data transmission/telecommunications; Telecommunications carrier considerations; Security; Evaluating and assessing a current or future archive system; Availability

Scalability Fault tolerance; Security; Integration; System management; Performance; Data migration; The archiving history of our facility: a case study; Chapter 6  Interpretation of digital screening mammography; Introduction; Time utilized; Choice of image size and hanging protocols; Post-processing at the monitor; CADe or double reading; Reading environment; Conclusions; Chapter 7  Efficacy of digital screening mammography; Introduction; Equipment; Study methodology; Measures of efficacy: sensitivity and specificity; Alternative measures of efficacy; Cancer detection rate; Recall rate

Positive predictive valueReproducibility; Microcalcifications and DCIS; Conclusion; Chapter 8  Artifacts in digital mammography; Introduction; Classification of artifacts in digital mammography; Detector-related artifacts; Single dead detector elements; Multiple dead detector elements; Misread lines; Banding artifacts; Ghosting artifacts; Gantry-related artifacts; Foreign material on the compression paddle; Grid artifacts; Improper collimation; Patient-related artifacts; Patient motion; Unwanted anatomy; Foreign substances on the patient ́s skin; Processing-related artifacts

Failure of skin-line processing algorithm

Sommario/riassunto

Digital mammography has many advantages over film-screen mammography, including faster acquisition, easier storage and easier retrieval of images. Written by expert radiologists and physicists, Digital Mammography: A Practical Approach compares digital mammography to conventional film-screen mammography, reviews clinical cases and explores newer modalities. Key topics include: • Digital detectors • Monitors • Image acquisition • Image storage, retrieval and transfer  • Image interpretation and efficacy  • Artifacts • A comparison of commercially available systems • Mobile digital mammography. An image atlas and sections on digital tomosynthesis and computed tomography of the breast enhance the text. Digital Mammography: A Practical Approach melds the worlds of clinical radiology and physics in an easy-to-understand, practical resource. A valuable addition to the shelf of radiologists, radiologic technicians, practising medical physicists and mammography technologists; and



any practitioners developing and expanding digital mammography programs.