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2022Medical Device Information for Pharmaceutical Technicians
by Founded by Friedlinde Wilson and Baldur Kohm.Edited by Dr. Anette Vasel-Biergansand Hannelore Eitel-Hirschfeld
Ranging from eyebaths and compression stockings to electronic cigarettes, the variety of medical aids available is huge. Every day, expert advice on these is needed at the pharmacy. The authors have summarised these aids in a practically oriented way. They provide background information, specifics about the materials, application descriptions, practical tips and product examples. Colourful illustrations show how they are used on or by the patient. Fully updated, the new edition of the book contains not only conventional medical devices but also those asked for at a contemporary community pharmacy. This 11th edition, which has been completely revised, contains: - definitions enabling rapid familiarisation with the topic, - tables that provide an overview, - illustrations and advice tips to help with practical use, - mnemonics and practice questions which help reinforce the knowledge Bonus: QR codes take the user to additional digital material! The ideal companion in training and on the job!
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Forestry & related industriesDecember 2003Forests at the Land–Atmosphere Interface
by Edited by Maurizio Mencuccini, John Grace, J Moncrieff, K McNaughton
Forest ecosystems exist at the interface between the land and the atmosphere. Understanding the properties of this planetary boundary layer is very important for a number of related disciplines. This book presents an overview of topics that are of significance at this interface, starting at the scale of intra-leaf organelles, ranging to higher levels of organisation such as communities and ecosystems. It covers topics such as stomatal functioning, large scale processes, radiation modelling, forest meteorology and carbon sequestration. Based on proceedings of a conference to mark the retirement of Professor Paul Jarvis from the University of Edinburgh, the book contains contributions from leading international scientists. It will be of significant interest to researchers in forestry, ecology, environmental sciences and natural resources.
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January 1995Gespräche mit Rick
Tagesträume - Nachtgedichte
by Paschke, Rick; Gerber, Maren / Illustriert von Usine
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December 2023
Key Questions in Preventative Farm Animal Medicine, Volume 1
Types, Causes and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
by Tanmoy Rana, Chetan D. Chavda, Bhupamani Das, Aishwarya Dash, H. Dhanalakshmi, Abrar Ul Haq, Biswa Ranjan Jena, J. Jyothi, Jaysukh B. Kathiriya, M. Bhavya Sree, Sivajothi Srigireddy
Providing well over 1,000 questions to test your knowledge of preventative farm animal medicine, the book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction to the topic before providing relevant multiple-choice questions. Covering preventative veterinary medicine for common livestock species, the book includes questions on: - general concepts of preventative medicine; - viral, bacterial, fungal and mycoplasma diseases; - ecto- and endo-parasitic infections. This self-test resource for students provides a convenient and useful current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge.
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December 2023
Key Questions in Preventative Farm Animal Medicine, Volume 2
Transmission, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Infectious Diseases
by Tanmoy Rana, Sonam Bhatt, Snehil Gupta, Surbhi Gupta, Sushma Gupta, K. Jayalakshmi, K. Karthika, Anil Kumar, Simant Kumar Nanda, Arpita Padhy, Abhishek Pathak, Jigar Raval, Amit Ranjan Sahu, Rajesh Kumar Sahu, Barkha Sharma, Jitendra Tiwari
Providing well over 1,000 questions to test your knowledge of preventative farm animal medicine, the book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction to the topic before providing relevant multiple-choice questions. Covering preventative veterinary medicine for common livestock species, the book includes questions about: - rickettsial and protozoan diseases; - prophylaxis in animals; - diagnostic techniques; - collection, preservation, processing and dispatch of clinical materials. Including a full chapter considering important transboundary, emerging and exotic diseases, this self-test resource for students provides a convenient and useful current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge.
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Three Nights Three Days
by Eros Atalia (author) / David Ong (translator to English)
In this riveting story told from a journalist's perspective, the village of Barangay Magapok faces impending doom from an approaching super typhoon. The narrative unfolds like an investigative report, building suspense as it reveals the horrors the villagers are about to endure. However, the shocking twist lies in the source of their tragedy—the deforested mountains that encircle the village, which ultimately trigger a deadly avalanche. The villagers' fear and torment are tragically misplaced, for they have already perished, their lives extinguished over three days and nights. This gripping tale explores the consequences of environmental devastation and the unsettling question of whether we unknowingly bring about our own destruction.
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EconomicsAugust 2005CAP and the Regions
Territorial Impact of Common Agricultural Policy
by Edited by Mark Shucksmith, Kenneth Thomson, Deborah Roberts
This book assesses the regional territorial impact of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Rural Development Policy (RDP), asking the question of how far these are compatible with objectives of territorial cohesion across the enlarged European Union. It considers both the incidence of CAP expenditure and producer subsidy equivalents across NUTS3 regions, and the impact of current CAP reforms, through detailed statistical analysis and case studies. It also assesses how far the CAP is consistent with the goals of European Union policy, as set out in the European Spatial Development Perspective. It concludes with proposals for policy reform and attempts to highlight good practice in rural development.
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Cave Construction
by Wang Huimin
This book elaborates on various aspects, including "The Emergence and Transmission of Buddhism," "Ancient Temples and Grottoes in Dunhuang," "Patrons, Artisans, and Engineering," "The Initial Creation of Dunhuang Grottoes," and "Construction of Dunhuang Grottoes during the Northern Wei, Western Wei, and Northern Zhou Dynasties." With a lively and illustrated approach, it provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of Buddhism in Dunhuang and the historical construction of the Mogao Grottoes. It focuses on the history of the construction of the Mogao Grottoes. The book is well-structured, thoroughly informative, and presented in an accessible and engaging manner, making it highly readable.
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December 2018The Computer Girl
by Yang Peng
Yang Peng's Award-winning Novels are a collection of the award-winning works of Yang Peng's many outstanding stories. Not only are the selected articles humorous, but also rich in imagination. They are also rich in profound educational philosophy that can enlighten the mind and help readers to reflect on themselves. A girl A-xue is an intelligent program written by Dawei, which is materialized because of the lightning strike on the computer. Accompanied by A Xue, Dawei’s life has undergone earth-shaking changes. However, the good days are very short, a virus with intelligence - "monsters" built a computer empire in a very short time, in an attempt to control humans... Dawei and A Xue decided to enter the computer world, with "monsters" start a life and death contest!
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Dietetics & nutritionApril 2011Chemical Food Safety
by Leon Brimer, Mette Tingleff Skaanild
Chemical food safety deals with all aspects of chemical risks in the food chain, predominantly with the biologically active components of food, additives, contaminants and their toxicology. Preventing the contamination of food with problematic chemical compounds requires a thorough understanding of how compounds enter and pass through the food production process, in addition to toxicology and risk management. Chemical Food Safety covers the underlying principles and applied science required to understand, analyse and take professional action on food safety problems and questions that call for interventions at a local, national or international level. The text follows food contaminants through the production and processing of plant, fungal, algal and animal foods, including oral exposure and intestinal absorption. Risk assessment is explained in the context of targeted future risk management and risk communication, with a view to assessing, managing and communicating risk in the food chain. Chemical Food Safety is ideal for higher level students as well as those working in the food production industry, consultants and national food authorities.
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2023Spectacles and the Victorians
Measuring, defining and shaping visual capacity
by Gemma Almond-Brown
This is the first full-length study of spectacles in the Victorian period. It examines how the Victorians shaped our understanding of functional visual capacity and the concept of 20:20 vision. Demonstrating how this unique assistive device can connect the histories of medicine, technology and disability, it charts how technology has influenced our understanding of sensory perception, both through the diagnostic methods used to measure visual impairment and the utility of spectacles to ameliorate its effects. Taking a material culture approach, the book assesses how the design of spectacles thwarted ophthalmologists' attempts to medicalise their distribution and use, as well as creating a mainstream marketable device on the high street.
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Agriculture & related industriesJuly 2001Food Safety and International Competitiveness
The Case of Beef
by John Spriggs, Grant E Isaac
Food safety is currently one of the most important issues confronting consumers, producers and distributors. It cannot be dealt with as just a physical problem but must be considered as a multi-dimensional one, affected by politics, economics and social influences. This book focuses on the specific example of food safety in the beef industry in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia. It outlines the experience of a number of countries with food safety problems (such as BSE) and examines:drivers for change and institutional arrangements within the four countrieswhether there is a socially optimal approach to food safetyhow much consumers can rely on the industry to police itself and governments to look after their interestsIt also examines the implications for competitiveness and world trade.
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EconomicsApril 2000CAP Regimes and the European Countryside
by Edited by Floor Brouwer, Philip Lowe
This book reviews assessments on the environmental effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and assesses the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the EU. It focuses on the role of agricultural policy in reducing harmful effects and/or creating benefits to the physical environment, landscape and nature. Emphasis is given to comparative studies, rather than any limited to one country. The commodity regimes of the CAP – e.g. the beef, wine and olive oil regimes – are considered in detail.
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2023Inhalativa
Standardised extended instruction in the correct use of medicines and practicing the inhalation technique
by Edited by Dr. Robert Jaeschke and Dr. Thomas Spindler. By Dr. Eric Martin, Dr. Wolfgang Kircher and Dr. Constanze Schäfer
Only the correct use of inhalation devices guarantees an optimal effect. The editors and authors are experienced experts in supervising inhaled therapies for children and adults. They have different focuses and illuminate the topic from different perspectives: ■ administrative regulations and legal framework for providing the pharmaceutical service with advice on documentation and invoicing ■ current standards in the therapy of asthma and COPD as well as disease-specific features ■ physical-technical basics of inhalation ■ special features of inhalation devices in terms of technology and application ■ guidance on the practical implementation of the services offered in a pharmacy with SOP ■ assistance on the setting and communication for high-quality counselling and instruction Helpful working materials, such as device-specific leaflets to give to patients, and separate monitoring sheets or checklists for each device round off the package. These are available for download at www.Online-PlusBase.de.
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2022Drugs and Medical Devices in Nursing
Training for nurses and carers
by Dr. Constanze Schäfer
What applies when storing potatoes is also good for drugs and medical devices! But this is where the similarities end. If medicines are not stored correctly or used properly, they may not be effective. Pharmacists - the experts on medicines - explain to the nursing team: - How light, air and temperature can cause damage - Where the pitfalls lie in the use of tablets, drops etc. - What makes medical devices so different from drugs New in the 3rd edition: Improved overview of the types of use. Clearer comparison of drugs and medical devices. Video clips on the use of specific dosage forms can now be directly launched from the presentation. 36 editable PowerPoint slides, videos and a complete text of the presentation are available on CD-ROM and for download
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Children's & YAThe Story of A Basket of Cats
by Gui Wenya
This is an essay collection about cats. In the author’s eyes, cats are humorous, sensitive and mysterious by nature and every cat has its unique characteristics. A group of cats walk into the author’s life somehow and become the communication object of the author. Therefore, cats and human have their own pass phrase and interesting destiny. What the author wants to tell us through his observation and narration is that it is cats’ friendship, innocent kindness and selfless love that switch into the beautiful words in the book.
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Food manufacturing & related industriesMay 2006Integrated Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health
by Sava Buncic
The importance of food safety for human health has been widely recognized. The safety of foods of animal origin is particularly relevant because the large majority of foodborne diseases come from poultry, eggs, meat, milk and dairy products and fish. This textbook covers an integrated approach to this type of food production, hygiene and safety and shows how it results in concurrent benefits to animal well being, human health, protection of the environment and socioeconomics.
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Business, Economics & LawApril 2018Risk and Safety Challenges for Religious Tourism and Events
by Maximiliano E Korstanje, Razaq Raj, Yasin Bilim, Aynur Gülenc Birsen, George Cassar, Ayesha Chowdhury, Alan Clarke, Carlos Fernandes, Danielle Griffin, Kevin Griffin, Maximiliano E Korstanje, Dane Munro, Cyril Peter, Jahanzeeb Qurashi, Yadukrishna P R, Razaq Raj, Hugues Seraphin, Geoffrey Skoll, Bernadette Theodore, Kevin Griffin
Travellers today face many challenges from risk and safety issues. Focusing in particular on risk and safety issues faced by visitors to holy sites, this book looks at the unique challenges raised, where annual religious festivals are commemorated with mass gatherings lasting for days and large crowds require detailed disaster management plans. Beginning with a general section on risk management, covering areas such as disaster management, terrorism, crime and security, the book then delves deeper into specific issues and challenges. It reviews important topics such as understanding the behaviour of crowds, how to perform a risk assessment for a sacred space, and travelling in what some would regard as an increasingly hostile world. Examining critically all risk and safety challenges in this area of management, the book: - Includes a full section of global case studies, as well as discussion questions for each chapter, encouraging readers to translate theory into good practice. - Offers critical thinking on risk, vulnerability and long-term development for mass gatherings. - Covers the importance of disaster management practices and offers practical advice for ensuring attendees' safety. Mitigating risk at mass gathering events and festivals is an area that still needs further research, but this book brings together current thought and provides a valuable reference for those studying religion, tourism and events, as well as event organizers, emergency and hospital services, and local authorities.
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Dietetics & nutritionApril 2003Food Safety
Contaminants and Toxins
by Edited by J P F D'Mello
Food safety is a concern for scientists, policy-makers and consumers especially as food poisoning outbreaks are becoming more common and as particular concerns arise over genetically modified foods. This book covers recent developments in the chemistry, biochemistry and physiological effects of toxicants that might have an impact on human health and welfare.
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March 2024Space Alarm 2. Roboter außer Kontrolle!
Aufregende Leseabenteuer mit Oetinger SPLASH
by Patrick Fix, Patrick Fix
Die Roboter sind los! Auf Proxima Centauri steht die alljährliche Klassenfahrt an: Sammy Supernova düst mit seiner Klasse zum Zelten auf einen Waldplaneten. Auf dem Weg dorthin wird das Schulraumschiff in ein Schwarzes Loch gezogen und am anderen Ende des Universums kaputt wieder ausgespuckt. Die Kinder können den SPACE-BUS gerade noch rechtzeitig mit Rettungskapseln verlassen. Sammy und seine Freunde landen auf einem scheinbar unbewohnten Planeten. Dort türmt sich der Weltraumschrott haushoch. Inmitten der Müllberge finden sie einen kleinen Roboter. Mit seiner Hilfe finden und reparieren sie den SPACE-BUS. Doch kaum ist er wieder startklar, gibt es eine Explosion. Das kann doch kein Zufall sein! Wer treibt auf dem Schrottplaneten sein Unwesen? Der zweite Band von Space Alarm ist ein interaktives Weltraumabenteuer für Lesemuffel ab 8 Jahren, mit wenig Text und vielen lustigen Illustrationen. Eine coole Geschichte voller Humor, Freundschaft und Action! Space Alarm: Spaß, Spannung und Freundschaft im Weltall Galaktisches Lesevergnügen: Ein rasantes Weltraumabenteuer voller Humor und Freundschaft für Kinder ab 8 Jahren. Hochaktuelles Thema: Sind Roboter cool, gefährlich – oder beides? Ideal für leseungeübte Kinder: Mit kurzen Kapiteln und überschaubarer Textmenge. Riesenspaß für Lesemuffel: Interaktives Buch mit vielen Rätseln und witzigen Illustrationen. Abenteuer, Action, Freundschaft und Weltall: Der SPLASH-Score auf der Rückseite zeigt, wie viel davon im Buch steckt. Das rasante Weltraumabenteuer Space Alarm ist ein riesengroßer, interaktiver Lesespaß für Leseanfänger und Lesemuffel ab 8 Jahren. Eine geniale Geschenkidee für Eltern und Großeltern, die nach dem richtigen Lesestoff für ihre Kinder und Enkel, besonders für Jungs, suchen.
