1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459081103321

Titolo

Transfusion medicine and hemostasis [[electronic resource]] : clinical and laboratory aspects / / edited by Beth H. Shaz ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands, : Elsevier, c2013

ISBN

0-12-397788-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1015 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShazBeth H

Disciplina

615.39

Soggetti

Blood - Transfusion

Hemostasis

Hemostatics

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

Front Cover; Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I -Blod Banking and Transfusion Medicine; Chapter 1 - Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine - History, Industry, and Discipline; History of Blood Transfusion; Discipline of Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine; Centralized Transfusion Services; Structure of Blood Banks and Transfusion Services; Medical Specialty of Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine; Recommended Reading

Chapter 2 - Quality Principles in Transfusion MedicineBasic Principles; Quality Management Systems; Process Improvement; New Role of Quality; Recommended Reading; Chapter 3 - Regulatory Issues in Transfusion Medicine; Regulation versus Accreditation; The Food and Drug Administration; Laboratory Laws and Regulations; Other Regulatory Agencies; Recommended Reading; Chapter 4 - Role of the Physician in the Blood Center; Blood Center Table of Organization; Recommended Reading; Chapter 5 - Blood Donor, Donation Process and Technical Aspects of Blood Collection; Blood Donors; Blood Donation Process

Technical Aspects of Blood DonationRecommended Reading; Chapter 6 - Apheresis Blood Component Collections; Apheresis RBC Collections;



Plateletpheresis Collections; Plasmapheresis Collections; Recommended Reading; Chapter 7 - Recipient-Specific Blood Donation; Exceptional Medical Need; Directed Donation; Autologous Donation; Recommended Reading; Chapter 8 - Adverse Donor Reactions; Complications of Whole Blood Donation; Complications of Apheresis Donations; Approach to the Donor and Donation Process; Prevention; Biovigilance and Reporting; Recommended Reading

Approach to TestingDetermination of Need and Requirement for Testing; Selection of a Testing Methodology; Biology of an Infection, the Window Period and Testing Strategies; Product and Donor Management; Recommended Reading; Chapter 12 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening; Description; Determination of Need and Requirement for Testing; Approach to Donor Testing; Blood Unit Management; Donor Management; International Considerations; Recommended Reading; Chapter 13 - Hepatitis B Viral Screening; Determination of Need and Requirement for Testing; Approach to Donor Testing; Donor Management

International Considerations

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis continues to be the only ""pocket-size"" quick reference for pathology residents and transfusion medicine fellows. It covers all topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine, and clinical and laboratory based coagulation. Short, focused chapters, organized by multiple hierarchical headings, are supplemented with up to 10 suggested reading citations. This single reference covers essentially all the topics required to meet the goals and objectives of a major program in transfusion medicine and clinical coagulation.    New



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465776403316

Titolo

Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization [[electronic resource] ] : 18th International Conference, IPCO 2016, Liège, Belgium, June 1-3, 2016, Proceedings / / edited by Quentin Louveaux, Martin Skutella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-33461-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 412 p. 33 illus.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 9682

Disciplina

519.77

Soggetti

Numerical analysis

Algorithms

Computer science—Mathematics

Discrete mathematics

Computer networks

Numerical Analysis

Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science

Computer Communication Networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

On Approximation Algorithms for Concave Mixed-Integer QuadraticProgramming -- Centerpoints: A link between optimization and convex geometry -- Rescaled coordinate descent methods for Linear Programming -- Approximating Min-Cost Chain-Constrained Spanning Trees: A Reduction from Weighted to Unweighted Problems -- Max-Cut under Graph Constraints -- Sparsest cut in planar graphs, maximum concurrent ows and their connections with the max-cut problem -- Intersection Cuts for Bilevel Optimization -- Exact Algorithms for the Chance-Constrained Vehicle Routing Problem -- Extended Formulations in Mixed-integer Convex Programming -- k-Trails: Recognition, Complexity, and Approximations -- Better s-t-Tours by Gao Trees -- Popular Edges and Dominant Matchings -- Semidefinite and linear programming integrality gaps for scheduling



identical machines -- Stabilizing network bargaining games by blocking players -- Round Robin Tournaments Generated by the Circle Method have Maximum Carry-Over -- Extreme Functions with an Arbitrary Number of Slopes -- Minimal cut-generating functions are nearly extreme -- On the Mixed Binary Representability of Ellipsoidal Regions -- Constant Factor Approximation for ATSP with Two Edge Weights -- Improved Approximation Algorithms for Hitting 3-Vertex Paths -- Improved Approximations for Cubic Bipartite and Cubic TSP -- An approximation algorithm for Uniform Capacitated k-Median problem with 1 + ϵ capacity violation -- Valid Inequalities for Separable Concave Constraints with Indicator Variables -- A Polyhedral Approach to Online Bipartite Matching -- On Some Polytopes Contained in the 0,1 Hypercube that Have a Small Chvátal Rank -- Robust Monotone Submodular Function Maximization -- Maximizing Monotone Submodular Functions over the Integer Lattice -- Submodular Unsplittable Flow on Trees -- Strong reductions for extended formulations -- Sum-of-squares lower bounds for maximally symmetric formulations -- Sum-of-squares lower bounds for maximally symmetric formulations -- Deciding Emptiness of the Gomory-Chvátal Closure is NP-Complete, Even for a Rational Polyhedron Containing No Integer Point -- On the quantile cut closure of chance-constrained problems. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, IPCO 2016, held in Liège, Belgium, in June 2016. The 33 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 125 submissions. The conference is a forum for researchers and practitioners working on various aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. The aim is to present recent developments in theory, computation, and applications in these areas. The scope of IPCO is viewed in a broad sense, to include algorithmic and structural results in integer programming and combinatorial optimization as well as revealing computational studies and novel applications of discrete optimization to practical problems.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967223203321

Autore

Cervantes Miguel de

Titolo

Exemplary Novels / / Miguel de Cervantes; Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2016]

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (446 pages)

Collana

The Margellos World Republic of Letters.

Altri autori (Persone)

GrossmanEdith <1936-2023.>

Disciplina

863.32

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / General

Novellas.

Translations.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction / Echevarría, Roberto González -- Exemplary Novels -- Prologue to the Reader -- Dedication to Don Pedro Fernández de Castro -- The Novel of the Little Gypsy Girl -- The Novel of the Generous Lover -- The Novel of Rinconete and Cortadillo -- The Novel of the English Spanishwoman -- The Novel of the Glass Lawyer -- The Novel of the Power of Blood -- The Novel of the Jealous Extremaduran -- The Novel of the Illustrious Scullery Maid -- The Novel of the Two Maidens -- The Novel of Señora Cornelia -- The Novel of the Deceitful Marriage -- The Novel of the Colloquy of the Dogs -- Translator's Note: The Exemplary Novels

Sommario/riassunto

Edith Grossman, celebrated for her brilliant translation of Don Quixote, offers a dazzling new version of another Cervantes classic, on the 400th anniversary of his death   The twelve novellas gathered together in Exemplary Novels reveal the extraordinary breadth of Cervantes's imagination: his nearly limitless ability to create characters, invent plots, and entertain readers across continents and centuries. Cervantes published his book in Spain in 1613. The assemblage of unique characters (eloquent witches, talking dogs, Gypsy orphans, and an array of others), the twisting plots, and the moral heart at the core of each tale proved irresistible to his enthusiastic audience. Then as now, Cervantes's readers find pure entertainment in his pages, but also a



subtle artistry that invites deeper investigation. Edith Grossman's eagerly awaited translation brings this timeless classic to English-language readers in an edition that will delight those already familiar with Cervantes's work as well as those about to be enchanted for the first time. Roberto González Echevarría's illuminating introduction to the volume serves as both an appreciation of Cervantes's brilliance and a critical guide to the novellas and their significance.